Might I be able to convince you that you will like this book----in which one narrator is an octopus in an aquarium, Marcellus---and that the octupus' main friend is Tova, the older woman who is the night-time cleaner?
A long-time mystery gets solved. You learn a lot about the life and abilities of an octopus. Like reality, the plot includes happiness and sadness, and a fair amout of laughter.
In this case, I think the positive quotes below may do a better job than I could to convince you give Remarkably Bright Creatures a try. I don't think you will be disappointed. (Thanks for the recommendation, Mary.)
An Amazon Best Book of May 2022: Remarkably Bright Creatures will have readers falling hard for an acerbic invertebrate whose intervention in his new friend’s life sets her up for healing lessons in love, loss, and family.
“As Van Pelt’s zippy, fun-to-follow prose engages at every turn, readers will find themselves rooting for the many characters, hoping that they’ll find whatever it is they seek. .......What makes Van Pelt’s novel most charming and joyful is the tender friendship between species, and the ways Tova and Marcellus make each other ever more remarkable and bright.” — BookPage
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender. — Washington Post
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