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Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
2.42k reviews for:
Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
Honestly, quit reading once I got to the in-depth section on "look at all these great things we did for disabled people, isn't that neat"
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A charming book full of fun facts written by someone who is enamored with octopuses. A fun, light read for anyone with even a passing interest in marine life or what it's like to work in an aquarium. Only four stars because the author's over-exuberance was a bit much for me at times.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was more of a memoir about Sy’s experience with octopuses rather than a book about octopuses. The journey from her first meeting with an octopus in an aquarium to the first meeting with an octopus in the wild. We learn about her friends, the aquarium employees and the volunteers. Sprinkled throughout the book are facts about the octopuses themselves and the creatures around them. Sy is very poetic in her writing with vivid descriptions to help the reader set the scene.
Personally, I feel like there wasn’t enough detail on why it was appropriate for an aquarium to take so many octopuses from the wild to be placed on display. There were brief explanations but, in my opinion, not adequate. There is also emotional up and downs with the octopuses in the book with an octopus being kept in a barrel all its life. While I don’t necessarily agree with parts of the book, it was well written and encourages the reader to consider more of octopuses and their life.
Personally, I feel like there wasn’t enough detail on why it was appropriate for an aquarium to take so many octopuses from the wild to be placed on display. There were brief explanations but, in my opinion, not adequate. There is also emotional up and downs with the octopuses in the book with an octopus being kept in a barrel all its life. While I don’t necessarily agree with parts of the book, it was well written and encourages the reader to consider more of octopuses and their life.
The octopus is having a moment in books lately, right? This was recommended by a book club friend and I enjoyed it. It was unexpectedly touching (I loved all of the Montgomery’s friends — what an amazing octopus aquarium community she discovered) and I learned a fair bit about the (sometimes too short) lives of octopi (the octopus moms will especially stick with me). I also came away with a different perspective on aquarium exhibits — that the animals are there as a representative for the rest of their species and allow people to have a deeper understanding, interest and appreciation for them.
Those who pointed me toward this book suggested it was a tear jerker; I didn't experience that. But I definitely enjoyed the book. I was pulled along by the writing. I already thought of octopods as clever, mischievous, otherworldly. This book provided more supporting documentation for that opinion, to put it in the driest terms possible.
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