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In Invention Is a Mother, Rob Brownell tells a hysterically funny story about a lazy young adult with serious responsibilities in the tech world. Shaughnessy is a fresh engineering graduate who is not too eager to take on adult responsibilities. While patiently waiting for “great things to befall him,” he receives news of his father’s terminal illness, who somehow believes he has MFD (mysterious fatal disease). Shaughnessy gets more surprising news from his father when he asks him to work with him at Critical Think, Inc. by wearing his identity parameters. After some cajoling, Shaughnessy accepts his father’s request and tries to invent a foldable car. However, he discovers he lacks experience and struggles to find the right ideas to perform effectively as his father’s replacement. Meanwhile, he engages in funny, thought-provoking conversations with several characters, including multiple Jesuses and his ill father.
Invention Is a Mother is filled with humorous, creative ideas that leave you half laughing and half staring in amazement! It made me consider several interesting questions, such as “How can a sixty-kilogram sapling of a teenager morph into an enormous drooling werewolf?” As it shifts to different perspectives and includes sophisticated characters and technology, Invention Is a Mother is never boring or predictable. One such character is Sammy, who uses guerrilla planting at night to battle deforestation. However, the book’s fast rate of switching topics can be a bit dizzying at times. Ultimately, readers with a dark sense of humor will enjoy Rob’s unconventional, insanely witty tale. It gave me the same giddy feeling I get when I watch a movie starring Adam Sandler or Kevin Hart. You will laugh at life’s pains, joys, and mysteries.
