Reviews

The Humans by Matt Haig

minxy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

3.75

juchild_'s review against another edition

Not in the mood atm but I plan on coming back to it!

pollyurwin's review

5.0

This is my favourite book of 2024 so far. Funny, touching and insightful.

Humans described from the point of view of an alien from a planet where mathematics and logic rule all.

“If you came to earth looking for logical sense you were missing the point, you were missing lots of things”

sammichaan's review against another edition

3.0

Meh. I was really expecting this book to be beautiful and profound. I got that from The Midnight Library, another of Haig’s books, but I can’t say I got that here. The Humans felt much more cliché, repetitive, and I hate to say it, but elementary. I don’t feel like it did anything that hadn’t been done before, and honestly at points it felt like a college level creative writing project. I love the message (that it hammers into you) of humans being perfectly imperfect, and that every second of life is a gift, and the mundane is beautiful and we take everything for granted. That’s all nice and fine, but it wasn’t anything new. I felt satisfied with the third act, and left the book on a high note, but overall it fell quite short.

sjadamswilson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

thriller_buffet's review against another edition

2.0

I understand the point of this book but I don’t like philosophical novels.. I really prefer the non-fiction writing from Matt Haig..

brigii's review against another edition

5.0

After this book, I definitely want to read more from Matt Haig. It was everything at once: funny, sad, touching, and really interesting.

erdbeerlily_1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

clawfer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

bnharrison's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25