Reviews

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

laurasauras's review against another edition

5.0

Stunning, just stunning! I loved every second of reading this. It was so great having more perspectives to the story because each one had their own biases and experiences and expertise to bring to the table. I loved this in the first book as well, but it's so engaging the way that these incredibly intelligent and capable people seem to do everything right . . . and then it falls to shit anyway and you get to see them recover. This is absolutely Hank's manifesto and it is such a worthy one: sometimes people suck and sometimes technology makes it easier for people to have power over others, but on the whole humanity is beautiful and worthy of wonder.

kat547's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful

5.0

maryncross18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

agalluc3's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I did read this book before An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. That being said, I did not feel like I “missed out” and I can’t WAIT to go back and read a prequel ;)

winterlg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

perrymac23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

bobkytten's review against another edition

5.0

Quite a moving story, and very timely.

fomac's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.75

Sort of like a Trojan horse in that Hank packages a thinly-veiled critique of modern society inside of an entertaining package. Super enjoyed it. 

snowyowlsaysbook's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

noragrace89's review against another edition

2.0

DNF at 60% ...I tried so hard to finish it but it was anticlimactic and the most disappointing “anticipated release”, also the multiple POVs took a toll on the series.

I decided to consider the first book as a standalone because it was one of my favorites.