A review by chroniclesofabookmum
The Humans by Matt Haig

4.0

Probably more of a 4.5 stars!

“I was reminded that humans have to read books. They actually need to sit down and look at each word consecutively. And that takes time. Lots of time. A human can’t just swallow every book going, can’t chew different tomes simultaneously, or gulp down near-infinite knowledge in a matter of seconds. They can’t just pop a word capsule in their mouth like we can. Imagine!”

Professor Andrew Martins body have been taken over by an alien imposter, an imposter who is determined to destroy evidence of a major mathematical problem that Martin has recently solved. Including uncovering and killing the people that are aware. However, as life as a human takes over, will the mysterious alien imposter complete his mission? Or will he realise that Earth is now his home?

I read this book in one sitting and I well and truly loved it. It was full of emotions, one minute I was laughing the next I was holding back the tears. I can honestly say that I haven’t read a book like it but this was perfect. I absolutely love the writing style and how we are told the story through the aliens perspective. Whilst I found that the book was quite intentionally silly, it did have some thought provoking moments that had me on edge. I would recommend this book to everybody, it is such an easy, entertaining and refreshing read. A book that I believe everybody should read at some point in their lives. I borrowed this book from the library but I will be purchasing my own copy at some point in the near future, this book deserves a place on my bookshelf.