But the story also needs a consistent story to follow and it is created with a mystery that is both as compelling as it is awesome. Instead of hinder, that only helps to elevate the story as even non-twitter users know and understand it's layout and basic rules. It frankly has the potential to become a very dated book, with social media platforms like Twitter, YouTube and Reddit being use candidly and without explanation, assuming that everyone reading can interpret without needing explanation. Hank doesn't create a character, he creates a human, with all the complex and dumb thoughts and emotions we all have displayed in a very modern tale. He manages to covey, explain but also never justify the actions of a 'caught up in fame' main character somehow managing to make you hate, feel sympathetic for and understand her actions all at once.
Hank Green not only captures the current social media world perfectly, but also does the same with people. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.įlawless Narration to a Truly Remarkable Book Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity, and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.Ĭompulsively 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 from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.
The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Coming home from work at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator 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 instant number-one New York Times best seller
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