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The Humans by Matt Haig

17 reviews

ate_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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teitei11's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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jenc's review against another edition

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funny reflective tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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liz_ann's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I was looking for something to read and since I liked the Midnight Library by Matt Haig so much, I gave this a read! I am quite impressed by Haig's creativity in this novel and just like with the Midnight Library, he's able to so wonderfully capture the beauty of human life and it just makes me feel a little more alive inside. I enjoyed the themes of this book and his writing, but the overall plot of it was not my usual cup of tea, which is why I gave it 4 stars and not more. 

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whirl's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book has a bit of everything: funny and lighthearted, but also sad and emotional. I think the way you read it might depend a bit on your own state of mind at the time

Very enjoyable

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katrinarose's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is the only book I can think of that I’ve read recently that has made me laugh; I love the outside observations of humanity and things we don’t realize are as weird as they are. This book was fun, but I felt it got a bit bogged down by sappiness at the end and felt a bit slow compared to the the first half. Still, it was fun while still giving a lot to think about.

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elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Premessa iniziale: quando mi sono approcciata a questa lettura, l'ho fatto con notevoli aspettative, avendo precedentemente letto e molto apprezzato l'opera La biblioteca di mezzanotte dello stesso autore e avendo in più anche sentito parlare molto bene di questo libro da una book-tuber che seguo. 
Purtroppo, queste aspettative non sono state incontrate, cosa che potrebbe avere inficiato sul giudizio complessivo sul romanzo.

Il problema con questo romanzo è inizialmente il tono con cui il protagonista ci racconta la storia, in quanto impregnato di un senso di superiorità sul genere umano che diventa presto pedante e ripetitivo da leggere, nonostante a livello concettuale esso sia sensato per il personaggio.

Il secondo punto che non ho gradito è la scena
tradimento e delle conseguenze di quest'ultimo
, in quanto mi è risultato al contempo inaspettato, così come non necessario ai fini narrativi. 

Un ulteriore problema che ho avuto con l'opera è stato il finale che non ho trovato minimamente soddisfacente. Avrei preferito vedere l'opera conclusa prima
dopo lo scontro con l'altro alieno
o con l'aggiunta di un'ulteriore scena in cui
lui e sua "moglie" si riappacificano parlando tra di loro
.

Quello che ho invece gradito è stato l'osservazione delle nostre abitudini quotidiane come specie dall'esterno e la
progressiva "umanizzazione" del protagonista
, così come le sue interazioni con il figlio e con la moglie, ma con quest'ultima solo fino
a prima della scena del tradimento
.
Per fortuna questi tre punti hanno fatto si che l'opera sia risultata in qualche modo piacevole e non solo insoddisfacente ed irritante.

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