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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.
“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.