Love this writer and her ability to move you to see animals and the natural world in a more evolved way.

This book was everything!! I couldn’t put it down!!!

Great book. Easy but informative, first person style.

I felt more emotions while reading this book than I do in my actual life. Highly recommend for all animal lovers.

Read this book.

I really enjoyed this book, and I learned a lot about just how incredible octopuses (and cephalopods in general) are. The author’s writing style was very interesting, and I was engaged throughout. My only criticism is that some points felt like more of a biography than a science book. Great read nonetheless!

A wonderful journey into the delightful mind of our favorite cephalopods. Well written and fascinating account of her work as a volunteer at the NE Aquarium. Do yourselves a favor and read this book.

I enjoyed reading this authors first experience about meeting her first octopus.

I love this book!! I love the author’s personal journey.

The book sounds as if the author is on mushrooms 1/2 the time

I do not recommend this book. I wanted it to be good, as i love octopuses, and I have a background in fisheries science. But nothing drew me in. Literarily speaking it is incredibly bland. The science content is a compilation of plenty of quips about what the octopus may be feeling, but with little cohesive empirical evidence to back up the author's observations. It felt incomplete. Bored with the author's personal journey, I found myself wading through this book poking around for and finding some interesting insights, but never finding what the title promised.

Not quite what I expected, but I didn't do much research before reading. I wanted more crunchy science bits and less personal journey; also more on the philosophy and science of consciousness, both human and octopus. For a general audience looking for a good personal story from an excellent writer, this is a five-star book. Just not for me.

Im am in love with this great book