Sophie’s Reviews > Remarkably Bright Creatures > Status Update

occam’s razor guys come onnnnnn

imagine being 30 years old and acting like you’re 13

“i’m done with misunderstandings” DUDE HOW ABOUT TRYING COMMUNICATION THEN

simon: “that’s not my graduation ring. most people got it engraved with their initials”
cameron (having the ring with EELS engraved in it) “guess i’ll NEVER KNOW who my father is then!!!!!”
as if he couldn’t even try looking back through the high school memorabilia that simon has kept a hold of to find a match
mind you this is the character who keeps making sure to remind the readers how SMART he is

like “oh we’ve discovered the name of the girl erik was seeing at the time he mysteriously died and oh it’s the same surname as this guy cameron who is here looking for his mystery dad. and look cameron is 30 and erik disappeared 30 years ago. hey do you think erik might have been cameron’s dad and therefore tova is his grandmother”
“hmm… nah probably not”
??????

why the hell would simon brinks give cameron the run around for like 3 months if he knew exactly who he is… makes absolutely no damn sense. none of these characters act like real people because if they did there would be no plot

more miscommunication than a romance novel 3rd act breakup

not to be mean but i’ve realised this book has a particularly amateurish writing style … mmhm anyway

can i just say at this point the octopus feels tangential to the story and not really a core focus ... mildly disappointing and misleading imo
anyway so i guess tova is cameron's grandmother and she's rich so that works out really nicely for him to solve all his problems