BLOB
A Love Story
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BLOB
Narrated by:
Eunice Wong
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Narrated by:
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Eunice Wong
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Maggie Su
About this listen
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
A hilarious and moving debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...
Vi Liu's life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she's stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she's lashing out at her family and co-workers.
One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob. She takes it home, where she feeds it a diet of sugary cereal and reality TV. Slowly, she realises that she can shape the blob into her perfect man: someone 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 a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, BLOB is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.
'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©2025 Maggie Su
Critic reviews
Witty and wild ... a surprisingly moving and imaginative debut from a fiercely original new talent
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 (Weike Wang)
A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human.
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
Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising (Book of the Month)
This weird but oddly wonderful debut makes for tender but compulsive reading
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 (Shahed Ezaydi)
While the sentient ball of goo in Maggie Su's BLOB certainly grabs the reader's attention, there is so much more at play in this wondrous novel. Vi, struggling to place herself in any context that makes sense within the world, earnestly leads us into a wild experiment, to turn a blob into the man of her dreams, and I was transfixed by her voice, a weird mix of excitement and dread. 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)
Dark fun . . . In Su's affecting Frankenstein story, the monster's transformation is the least surprising one (Elizabeth Hand)
A hilariously absurd debut . . . a perfectly apt coming-of-age story about modern romance in your twenties
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)
A rollicking fun, funny, poignant coming-of-age story, filled with honesty and delight (Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake)
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
Comic, quirky and unlike any other novel
Maggie Su's debut is tender, compulsive reading
An inventive, utterly unique debut. BLOB is not only a deliciously creepy, deeply entertaining take on modern relationships, it's also a moving look at new adulthood, and the inherent vulnerability that comes along with figuring out exactly who you're meant to be (Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light)
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