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Zelu is a complicated character dealing with professional rejection and a family that doesn't understand her. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants and paralyzed from the waist down since a childhood accident, she struggles to prove her worth in a world that condescends to her existence. At a very low point, she writes a novel that will completely change her life's trajectory, for good and bad.

Told through multiple viewpoints, we read Zelu's story, interspersed with selections from her philosophical science fiction novel about a post-human world populated by robots and AI. There are also interviews with those in Zelu's orbit. She's not the easiest character to love, but as the novel progresses, so does our understanding of her. The novel takes lots of zany turns, and as a reader, I was never sure what might happen next, but at its heart, I think the novel is an examination of what makes us human, what motivates and connects us to the world, and what role technology can play in that. Highly recommend!

Thank you William Morrow for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.