I'm shocked this is rated as highly as it is. I gave it four stars so obviously I thought it was great, but I can't believe people are acting like this is the new A Man Called Ove or Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine because it does not touch those masterpieces. This was about 3.5 stars (curse you GR for not having half-stars, in this day and age), which I think was fair considering how polar my feelings were. I loved Marcellus and Ethan. Tova was also a bright spot, but I do have to mention the Tova-knows-nothing-about-technology thing was pretty heavy-handed.
★★★★☆
Some of the logic was not great. The entire T-shirt fiasco was ridiculous. No one stores precious items under the sink (no matter what it is), and no one uses a T-shirt to sop up wine. It was just silly and took me out of the story. I thought the relations between everyone was cute, but I wish it hadn't taken so long for Cameron to realize Simon isn't his father. That just drug on. Speaking of...
Now for the rant: Cameron. Cameron. I don't understand how the author expected anyone to excuse Cameron's entire personality because of the other characters in the book. He was just so awful. I thought this was intentionally done to show his growth throughout the story and really give him an arc but he was so terrible all the way through the end of the novel. Not just being entitled and unmotivated (he and his aunt both swear he's soooo smart but like where??), but his immaturity was unmatched. This was supposed to be a 30-year-old man, and he's making lewd comments about women's bodies/sexual activity? I believe that such men exist but I do not believe I will ever support such a man as being a tolerable protagonist in a novel. Cameron was really just such a dark spot for the novel and I wish he had not existed or been way better so I could have enjoyed it fully.
Also, based on the way it's pitched, I thought the octopus would be in this more :/ he was only like 5% of the story.
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