Hank Green
Kindle Edition | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.02 | 51418 Users | 9235 Reviews
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| Title | : | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1) |
| Author | : | Hank Green |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | September 25th 2018 by Dutton |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Young Adult. Contemporary |
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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Entertainment Weekly's 20 New Books to Read in September Nylon's 12 Great New Books to Read This September Newsweek's Best Books to Read in September 2018 Paste's 12 Best Novels of 2018 Library Journal's Best Debut Novels of 2018 BookPage's Most Anticipated Fall 2018 Fiction In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow--spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship--like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor--April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world--from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.Present Books In Favor Of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1)
| Original Title: | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing ASIN B0796DR2XV |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Author (2018) |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 51418 Users | 9235 ReviewsEvaluate Regarding Books An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1)
Anou is a word Vietnamese uses now,is it?Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. This was SO. GOOD. SOOOOO GOOD. I love Hank so I was really worried that I wasnt going to love it but WOW. What a phenomenal read. I need more NOW 😫
Fortunate happenstance has led to me reading this book with absolutely no prior knowledge to what it was about. Ive just grown tired with John Green romanticizing the white heterosexual nerds quest for the perfect woman whom they win by using the longest most pretentious words possible, and I was very curious to read his brothers work.Frankly, I expected to tumble into this book dissonant and harsh in my criticismbut what do you know...I actually really liked it. (If you look really closely,
I obviously wanted to read this because...it's Hank Green.. But I think I will just stick to the other brother of John for now oops. This style of story isn't really in my realm of interests, I confess. Adults/scifi? Hm. So possibly the book is just *not for me* but I was so confused and detached. Like April is an actual horrible person so why would I care about her? And she gets famous instantly for seeing a robot on a street and making a movie of it. This is BEFORE they think it's an alien. I
4.5/5I'm honestly still in shock. I went into this book quite skeptically as this is Hank Green's debut coupled with the fact that I don't tend to gravitate towards sci-fi. HOWEVER.This was such a whirlwind of a book! I didn't research this book before starting (which I'd recommend - just read it), so it took a little bit to get my footing in the story. After that, though WOW. Constant twists, turns, and a mystery that keeps unfolding. I simply had to keep reading to figure out what was up with
Upon Announcement:I CAN'T WAAAAIT!After Reading:So I am giving this four stars for now, even though it is possible it is a 3/3.5-star book. I really loved everything it had to say and the way in which it said it, and I thought it was a highly original and well-written story, but I was confused and unimpressed by the ending. (That being said, given the premise of the book, I would like to point out the irony of this being easily my most-liked review ever.)What I did love about this story was its
DNF @ 75% Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren. Me: *eagerly pre-ordered this book over a year ago*Me: *didnt read it until my book-club picked it as BOM*Me: *Didnt finish said book*Me: *Left an unfinished Its-not-you-its-me review for over 9 months*Me: [image error] Honestly, this is not a bad book. It talks about the internet in a non-demonizing way. Theres discussion of fame, power dynamics, ethics vs celebrity and all this really
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