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The Humans
by Matt Haig
I actually took the brave step and decided to listen to the audiobook version of this book through the BorrowBox app which is in partnership with my local library. I was recommended the audiobook version of Matt Haig’s The Humans by a book club friend who said it was fantastic, yet I was a bit nervous as I’m never really that great at following audiobooks as I tend to zone out on all the important bits. Yet, I can proudly say that I managed to listen all the way through and I’m glad I did as this was one of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to in a long time.
After an 'incident' one wet Friday night where he is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst an alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's a dog.
Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race . . . ?
I found that the main character (the alien) was so refreshing to read. The first few chapters reminded me of creative writing in school when you would have to explain something as if you are explaining it to an alien - and that’s exactly what Matt Haig did but did excellently with what it means to be human.
I had multiple existential crises during the book though to be fair and it made me realise that we are just a tiny insignificant feature of this planet but I won’t go into much more detail because I don’t want my review to end up giving you an existential crisis too.
I went into this book thinking it was perhaps a children’s novel but I was far from wrong as there were certainly adult scenes and scenes of violence which even to this day shock me that they featured. I think the story development was excellent and even when I thought, surely the book will end here, Matt took it on a different twist which made the ending very emotional and heartfelt.
Like with all of the Matt Haig books I’ve read, I thoroughly loved his humour and how he plays with society and human interactions. I think what is excellent about the way Matt Haig writes, is that his books are easy to follow but equally easy to become obsessed with and The Humans was no exception.
READ THIS IF :
After an 'incident' one wet Friday night where he is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst an alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's a dog.
Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race . . . ?
I found that the main character (the alien) was so refreshing to read. The first few chapters reminded me of creative writing in school when you would have to explain something as if you are explaining it to an alien - and that’s exactly what Matt Haig did but did excellently with what it means to be human.
I had multiple existential crises during the book though to be fair and it made me realise that we are just a tiny insignificant feature of this planet but I won’t go into much more detail because I don’t want my review to end up giving you an existential crisis too.
I went into this book thinking it was perhaps a children’s novel but I was far from wrong as there were certainly adult scenes and scenes of violence which even to this day shock me that they featured. I think the story development was excellent and even when I thought, surely the book will end here, Matt took it on a different twist which made the ending very emotional and heartfelt.
Like with all of the Matt Haig books I’ve read, I thoroughly loved his humour and how he plays with society and human interactions. I think what is excellent about the way Matt Haig writes, is that his books are easy to follow but equally easy to become obsessed with and The Humans was no exception.
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