国产诱惑福利

That鈥檚 the plot summary in brief, and it鈥檚 a whole lot weirder than that. First-time novelist Maggie Su has fun letting Vi essentially mold her ideal man 鈥� 鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 look like any one movie star but rather a conglomeration of movie stars鈥� 鈥� but the story isn鈥檛 played entirely for laughs. Creating and interacting with Bob the blob (yes, that鈥檚 the name she gives him. It?) gives Vi plenty of time to think about her own life. She鈥檚 uneasy about the way she treats so-called friends and has not yet come to terms with a recent breakup.

In other words, she鈥檚 a 20-something trying to figure herself out who has a lot of growing up to do. She dropped out of college and works a dead-end front desk job at the Hillside Inn and Suites. She isn鈥檛 very nice to most of the people she spends time with throughout the story 鈥� from her co-workers to her family. But nurturing Bob convinces her that fresh starts are possible. 鈥淗e鈥檚 so pure. Anything I do or say could taint him,鈥� she thinks at one point.

Of course, blobs who transform into humans also develop feelings. It鈥檚 our brains that differentiate us from the rest of the animal kingdom, after all. So when Bob escapes Vi鈥檚 apartment and meets other people, Vi鈥檚 very good looking Frankenstein monster is no longer hers. Whose or what is he, though? That鈥檚 a question Su could probably write another book about. In this one, she鈥檚 content to leave Vi in a better place than where she started, all thanks to a random encounter with a blob.

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