The Soul of an Octopus Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Sy Montgomery
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
406

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery Book Summary

Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year

“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK

“One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR

Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.

In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.

Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.

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Book Name The Soul of an Octopus
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E-Book Size 14.03 MB

The Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery) Book Reviews 2024

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The Soul of an Octopus. What a great book. I picked up so much information from this book. Not only was it extremely informative, it read like a novel. I was immersed in the characters, Octopuses and human. It was like reading a novel , getting deeply emotional. I loved this book!

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

Amazing. Read this book.

I will never eat Octopus again. 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.

10/10. This book was everything!! I couldn’t put it down!!!

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

Great 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 good memoir-style story. 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.

Enjoyed it. Great book. Easy but informative, first person style.

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

In love. Im am in love with this great book

The Soul of an Octopus. I love this book!! I love the author’s personal journey.

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

Soul of an Octopus. 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.

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The The Soul of an Octopus book written by Sy Montgomery was published on 12 May 2015, Tuesday in the Nature category. A total of 406 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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