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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

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samchase112's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

People will just share the things that confirm their ideology, and those things will always exist. Our reality isn't about what's real, it's about what we pay attention to.

This is not a book about aliens or science --- it's a book about community, power, compassion, and how humanity uses and abuses the tools we have created in order to manipulate those things. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is deeply weird, yet profoundly true. I want to go back and highlight about 65% of Hank's words. It is obvious this is all coming from a place of caring and social media/celebrity experience; as well as the human experience we can all relate to. I cannot recommend this book and its insanely relevant messages enough.

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mxfahrenheit's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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livreads54's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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nixieba25f's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved the first book, and I loved the sequel!! A lot of my praise here is going to similar to my appreciation of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Both books are truly of this time, of this exact moment in history. It’s really about what it means to be a human in this day, both what’s beautiful and terrible about that. Green touches on so many important issues like gun control, racism, and discovering your sexuality, all within the context of a fun, engaging story. But above all, Green focuses on two things. First, a discussion of power: who gets it, how they keep it, and what it means to use it. In our society, that’s mainly rich white dudes of course. Secondly, Green really dives into how the internet and social media have a huge impact on our lives, arguing that we live in these spaces. Yes, we’re citizens of the US, but we also can consider ourselves citizens of these online spaces. They’re where we connect with people; where we create art or content; where we spend hours of our day; where we make decisions about what we want to buy, where we want to travel, who we want to associate with. If we think of these social media spaces this way, should they be regulated and run like a country or like a company? How are those structures the same and how do they differ? So much to noodle on, but also, I just adore these characters and loved spending more time with them!

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