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3.5/5stars Humans, as a rule, don't like mad people unless they are good at painting, and only then once they are dead. But the definition of mad, on Earth, seems to be very unclear and inconsistent. What is perfectly sane in one era turns out to be insane in another. The earliest humans walked around naked with no problem. Certain humans, in humid rainforests mainly, still do so. So, we must conclude that madness is sometimes a question of time, and sometimes of postcode. Basically, the key rule is, if you want to appear sane on Earth you have to be in the right place, wearing the right clothes, saying the right things, and only stepping on the right kind of grass This was such an interesting, enjoyable, funny read, I'm mad at myself for not picking it up earlier. And when I say funny I mean, I literally laugh out loud, burst into fits of laughter at every second page of it and it's so freaking hilarious I just cannot stop laughing kind of funny. Tho the second half of the book tends to get more serious and philosophical, it still had it's fair share of humour. Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing. For those of you who don't know this is a story about humans, from the perspective of an alien who has come on this planet for a mission. He doesn't know anything about the ways of humans and so he learns things the hard way and the story goes on from there. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing. Before someone points it out, lemme just come right out and say it, the plot is somewhat absurd and pointless, but hey we're here for the alien's interpretation of the human world and lifestyle, and maybe for the dog, nothing else. To be a human is to state the obvious. Repeatedly. Over and over, until the end of time. Oh and the end, the "list"- THAT WAS SO GOOD, CHERRY ON THE CAKE. I am most certainly going to get my dog cover copy of it and annotate the hell out of it. [a:Matt Haig|76360|Matt Haig|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1610710100p2/76360.jpg] is definitely on the way to become my new fav author after this and [b:The Midnight Library|52578297|The Midnight Library|Matt Haig|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1602190253l/52578297._SY75_.jpg|74043794], both of them being interesting reads of this year! To experience beauty on Earth, you needed to experience pain and to know mortality. That is why so much that is beautiful on this planet has to do with time passing and the Earth turning. Which might also explain why to look at such natural beauty was to also feel sadness and a craving for a life unlived. CWs for the book: Suicide, Depression, Anxiety, Mind/Body control, Murder, Death, Infidelity.