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The secret is out, among those in the know — the tapeworms are taking over! Sal, newly revealed to be a tapeworm living in human skin with 6 years of “How to Be a Human” classes, has accepted her status as a chimera, but is struggling a bit with how to help the thousands of people with tapeworms who have eaten their brains beyond recognition.

I loved Grant’s Newsflesh trilogy, but haven’t ready any of her work since. Unsurprisingly, I enjoyed this just as much! Parasite is centered around Sal Mitchell, who used to be Sally until Sally had a seizure and drove into a bus. Everyone thought Sally was dead, until Sal woke up, presumably saved by the medical tapeworm living inside her. But Sal has no memory of life