Blue Feet and Green Sharks
A User's Guide to Not Being a Serial Killer
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Pub Date Oct 28 2026 | Archive Date Dec 6 2026
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Description
"I don’t know what the deal is with “feelings.”
- Adam Fraser
A hyper-analytical mind trying to reduce human connection to logic, math, and evolutionary biology.
Adam Fraser is a first-year math PhD candidate with a friend and study partner, Amy - a music graduate student and a cellist. While Adam will admit that Amy is smart and strong and beautiful, he is adamant that he "doesn't notice or care."
Really. He doesn't.
Stop asking.
So when Amy asks Adam to express his feelings, the results are disastrous.
This starts Adam on a quest to understand human interaction. He reads books on evolutionary biology. He takes detailed notes on romantic comedies. He uses every tool of logic to control the messiness of real connection. And he keeps at it until his carefully constructed world falls apart.
Perfect For: Readers who love unreliable narrators, specifically unreliable narrators who are dishonest with themselves as opposed to dishonest with the reader like Stevens the butler in The Remains of the Day. It will appeal to fans of literal minded protagonists as in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, but with a main character who goes on the offensive against the world he doesn't understand instead of shrinking back.
Advance Praise
“ If you enjoyed 'The Rosie Project' or 'Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine,' among others, RUN, don't walk, and grab a copy of this book. Is it possible to 'develop feelings' for a fictional character who finds feelings unrelatable at best? Maybe it doesn't matter: I loved this guy.”
—Liz E., LibraryThing Reviewer
"Philip Araoz does an incredible job writing an unlikeable protagonist who you can't help but root for. This feeling kept me hooked throughout each page."
—Nico V., Goodreads Reviewer
"Adam held my attention through the startling clarity and directness of his thoughts. I was simultaneously appalled by and drawn to Adam... His blunders invited my sympathy in one moment and deserved a sharp rebuke in the next. By the end, I realized how deeply I had come to like him."
— Laura J., Goodreads Reviewer
"If you like character studies about someone trying to make sense of feelings with logic, this one is worth your time."
—Burak K., Goodreads Reviewer
"From the weight room romance to the awkward dating, this was an enjoyable and thought-provoking read."
—Shane B., Goodreads Reviewer
"I really liked the voice of the main character; it made the story feel engaging."
—Vera S., Goodreads Reviewer
“Book reviews are stupid. Adam Fraser would have liked that line. Read this book and you’ll get it.”
—Jacobo., Goodreads Reviewer
"If you want to better understand men and boys, if day by day you wonder more and more whether you have a bit of autism, a bit of ADHD, and/or just standard human neurodivergence, then this book is for you."
—A., Goodreads Reviewer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 0979899678192 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 255 |