Reviews tagging 'Death'

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

111 reviews

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Biphobia and Gun violence

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing! It is sci-fi which is not something I usually love but what made this book so special is the humanity of it. The story - even though abstract and weird - is told in a way that makes me believe it. It reads like a kind of autobiography with an unreliable narrator. Throughout the book it gets hinted that the narrator is actually dead which is confusing but also we only know as much as the people knew at that point in the story.

This book also made me extremely angry. Hank Green manages to capture pure humanity and the basic human flaws in such a magnificently realistic way. He manages to name things that have always bothered me and the reactions of the characters to this crazy situation is absolutely realistic. I don't doubt for a second that if this would have been reality it could have been exactly like this.

Also our protagonist is extremely flawed. Still we root for her because she is our way into the story. She is the one that tells us about it but still she is pretty crappy sometimes and even aware if that. 

I love this book so much. And since the last few books I've read were all spectacular in their own way I fear those words may sound hollow - but they are nevertheless true. This was captivating, interesting, realistic and so so humbling.

And also the cliffhanger in the end makes me scream!! I am so glad the sequel is out already because otherwise I may have hated this book purely because of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

enjoyable read but dragged in the middle section of the book to the point i started debating DNF-ing…. glad i didn’t though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

rissafizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

claudiamacpherson's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

robyn_fenix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Biphobia, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore and Homophobia

jenamlani's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

space_bandit's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia and Gun violence

charlereads's review

funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

balfies's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

Thought I didn't like scifi, but it turns out I really like first contact stories! 

This is a really fun, funny, gripping read from YouTube science dad Hank Green, which explores first contact through the lens of its impacts on people: themes include the all consuming and uncontrollable nature of fame, becoming someone whose brand is expressing hope for humanity, and the ways we dehumanise ourselves as individuals in efforts to humanise a collective experience. 

Also contains Carly Rae Jepsen lyrics, so truly the perfect fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore