'Witty and wild'
Harper's Bazaar

'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'
Stylist

'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'
Weike Wang, New York Times

Recently dumped and stuck in a dead-end job, Vi's life is a lonely mess.

That is, until she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob outside a drag club. She takes it home, feeding it a diet of cereal and reality TV. Soon Vi realises she can shape her gelatinous companion into the perfect man: attentive, outgoing, and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling.

But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or just a catalyst for further disaster?

'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'
The Times *Book of the Month*

'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'
Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

'Just brilliant - utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'
Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End

"Witty and wild ... a surprisingly moving and imaginative debut from a fiercely original new talent" - Harper's Bazaar

"The only fantastical element in Su's otherwise realistic universe, Bob's transformation from mute mound of flesh to gorgeous blond himbo is a delight . . . This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself" - New York Times

"A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human." - Stylist

"A complicated but moving take on how tricky it can be trying to become a grown-up . . . Maggie Su's debut is tender, compulsive reading" - Daily Mirror

"Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising" - The Times

"This weird but oddly wonderful debut makes for tender but compulsive reading" - Sunday Post

"Such a wonderfully strange and beautiful exploration of love, compassion and, essentially, what it is to be human. Short but sweet, and a real page turner towards the end" - Stylist

"Dark fun . . . In Su's affecting Frankenstein story, the monster's transformation is the least surprising one" - Washington Post

"A hilariously absurd debut . . . a perfectly apt coming-of-age story about modern romance in your twenties" - Elle Australia

"BLOB follows a young woman who discovers a sentient blob and tries to turn it into her ideal boyfriend. Now this is art! This is literature! More books about women dating weird objects they found in the street, please. BLOB hive rise up" - Lit Hub

"Comic, quirky and unlike any other novel" - Woman & Home

"Maggie Su's debut is tender, compulsive reading" - Evening Express

"Su's first novel, about a young woman who constructs her ideal mate (literally), is an entertaining, quirky mash-up of Frankenstein and Bridget Jones' Diary, made more substantive as a clever parable of self-discovery... [A] hilarious-and somehow also touching-debut" - Booklist

"In Su's marvelous debut, a Taiwanese American woman sculpts a seemingly perfect partner out of a sentient blob... Su's clever conceit provides a catalyst for Vi's revelatory introspection, as she faces her self-destructive tendencies and the difficulties of being human. The result is a top-notch tale of arrested development" - Publishers Weekly

"A funny and pathos-ridden tale of social awkwardness and self-realization; a modern, delayed coming-of-age... This quirky, funny, pained novel considers the challenge, for any of us, of becoming fully human" - Shelf Awareness

"Maggie Su's debut novel is the tale of a down-on-her-luck woman, Vi, who finds a pitiable blob of goo with eyes in the alley behind a bar. She gradually molds it into a dreamy human-shaped love interest but finds her own angst harder to contain." - New York Magazine

"Funny, original, and charming" - Interview

"Comical, quirky and enjoyably unpredictable, BLOB is unlike any other novel you'll read this year" - Woman's Weekly