A review by heykimber
The Humans by Matt Haig

5.0

I enjoyed this book so much that I put off finishing it the last four days. I only allowed myself a few pages a day because I just didn’t want this story to be over. Our unnamed narrator comes to Earth with a mission, a goal to eliminate The Humans who have solved the Riemann Hypothesis to cease further development in human technology. In doing so our unnamed alien falls in love with humanity - and all of our weird contradicting quirks that make us who we are. I fervently believe that we all need a reminder sometimes. Albeit peanut butter sandwiches, Debussy or The Beach Boys, a gentle hand holding ours, discovering a world of poetry - or enjoying these experiences second hand in our sweats laughing nervously or crying to ourselves for our unnamed fellow. Matt Haig never fails to capture the power of empathy in any of his works. I cannot recommend this read enough.