This was a really enjoyable experience, even though the concepts didn’t all sink in on the first read. For readers interested in quantum physics, plan to read slow or multiple times (and make sure you have access to the supplemental PDF). For readers more interested in how quantum physics connects to our day to day lives, a single read through might be enough.

Prescod-Weinstein represents a community of scholars who are not only aware of the world outside their narrow academic purview, but actively embrace it. Perhaps the most impactful and insightful part of this book for me was her argument for a well-rounded liberal arts education. Everyone fighting for LACs could benefit from reading the book for this point alone.

This was okay as a whole. It really is less of a novel and more interconnected short stories. It was satisfying towards the end as you got answers to mysteries posed in earlier stories, and I may have enjoyed it more had it been marketed as stories rather than a novel. Some of the stories were really great, and others were less enjoyable. I found many of the characters unlikable and quite a few of the stories were so loosely connected to the premise that I felt baited and switched.

This was a fast-paced read for me—the premise is so absurd that it keeps you hooked on what could possibly happen next. Now, the premise is truly absurd, but the characters and plot are still so real. I loved how Vi and her family were written. Some of the other characters felt a little more 2D to me, but it’s a small shortcoming. In its own strange rendering, Blob really does capture the essence of a predominantly white, straight college town and the discomfit of growing up outside the norm.