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The probability of a particular individual’s conception, simple guilty pleasures like peanut butter, and the absurdness of some human rituals made for a laugh. His mission is to delete all evidence that this mathmateical theory was solved, and kill anyone who knows it was solved.

I went into this read blind, with some preconceived notions of the subject matter which then lead to some disappointment. A brilliant exploration of what it is to love, and to be human, The Humans is both heartwarming and hilarious, weird, and utterly wonderful. On the mathematics side, many years ago I did a few university distance learning maths (English) units, including one on the history of mathematics. Reminds me a bit of This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life where the fish have to be made aware that they're even in water. The Humans gives a very clever, humorous and detached look at why we are the way we are, why we're such a beautiful mess of a species.For instance there was nothing on new mathematical observations or still-undiscovered polygons, but quite a bit about politics, which on this planet was essentially all about war and money. If you took out all of the narrative aspects, The Humans could be seen as a collection of essays from a man pondering his own existence. This book reminded me of the idea that mathematics is the basis of everything (after all, according to The Hitchhikers Guide number 42 is the answer to everything). They have created a world of divisions and categories and have continually failed to see the similarities between themselves. As the book progresses it becomes more poignant, Martin learns more about what it means to be human, thanks partly to a dog, peanut butter and Emily Dickinson.

A novel with an enormous heart, infused with a sense of gratitude for everything that makes us who we are. it should more accurately have been titled The War and Money Show” The alien showed how ridiculous we can be and how we needlessly torture ourselves.They didn't think it might be useful for him to already know the language and maybe learn enough about the culture to send him there with some clothes on?

There are tons of quotes about how “love is life” and how “it’s only through our flaws that we can truly appreciate humankind.Ryan wrote: "I'm sure they suspected if not outright knew what happened, and just decided to let it be. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, and the wars they witness on the news, and is totally baffled by concepts such as love and family.

If I was really being honest and removed Haig's name from the book I would have to say that this is an illuminating and thought provoking read that tries to at least look at the big questions of why we are here, what do we want and how we should live wrapped up in a truly innovative 'the aliens are here' story set around an academic family in a university city/town.

This is a book that I think everyone – regardless of your preferred genres – should pick up and read. Matt Haig has held a magnifying glass to humans here and through the eyes of the alien Andrew we see our often irrational absurdity. Astute, drolly hilarious and occasionally beautiful, full of poignant and painful insight into what it is to be human. The Humans by English author Matt Haig is a novel that combines the genres of science fiction, psychological fiction, bildungsroman, and fictional diary. It is a comparison capable of providing both the author and the reader with some nourishing food for thought.

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