Blob: A Love Story by Maggie SuMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm enjoying my unhinged-women-behaving-badly run, and decided to read this book next. I mean, who doesn't want to read a love story about a blob?
Vi doesn't fit in, her boyfriend dumped her months ago, she flunked out of college, and now works behind a hotel reception desk. She mostly keeps her distance from people, but the night she goes out with a workmate, she finds a blob with eyes in an alley. When she decides to rescue him, her life takes a weird turn...
What an entertaining story! I was hooked from beginning to end, and couldn't wait to see where Vi and Bob ended up.
Let me start by saying that Vi isn't a very nice person. She's a total wreck, and some of the shit she does is appalling. In many ways, she's a lot messier than the blob she's trying to shape. Bob is a blob that transforms himself into a man. Together, these two misfits embark on their personal journey to find out exactly what it means to be human.
Vi is such a spiky character who's got a huge chip on her shoulder and has convinced herself that no one could possibly ever want to be her friend, or be romantically interested in her. So she pushes people away by hurting them before they get a chance to hurt her.
Like I said above, she's not a very nice person. But I still enjoyed her voice and the self-discovery she makes along the way.
This is a great book and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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