Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

28 reviews

zasmayaya's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Blood, and Confinement

cosmicwillow's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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

5.0

this is an utterly stunning sequel with really wonderful commentary on humanity and the human experience. this duology is one of my favourites ever now, it is so well crafted and such an immersive experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

•  speculative science fiction
• set in New York City
• follows main character 23-year-old messy bisexual April as she takes a video of a “Carl,” a 10-foot Transformer wearing samurai armory, and then goes viral
• more Carls pop up all over the world and people begin having similar dreams, which they decode together
• April navigates viral global fame and figures out her relationships along the way
• cw: violence, death, biphobia
• 2nd book picks up a few months after the 1st & April’s friends (Maya, Andy, Miranda) find clues about April’s current status
• Audiobook has a conversation wth the author (that is allegedly not in the printed version!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Violence, and Death

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Vomit, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

paigereitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

WOW. Wow, wow, wow. This was such an superb sequel. It did take me a bit to get fully into, but I think it's a slow burn kind of book - at least for me - and that didn't make it any less enjoyable. It is a damning indictment on the way we allow technology to control our lives more and more, and how we all have blindspots where attention and being liked or admired is considered. And it was also a story of hope, of how through connection and community, we can avoid destroying humanity. So good. So, so good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Colonisation

karly_ackley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Addiction

Moderate: Dysphoria, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

mousmoulo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

i don't really have any comprehensive thoughts on this book at the moment—i just know that i love it and that i love hank green and that i especially love hank green's utter love of humanity and what makes us humans. it was a deeply loving book and i'm going to miss this duology a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Confinement

Minor: Death

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

There were parts of this book that I didn’t find particularly engaging, but the themes were fascinating. I deeply enjoyed the topics that Green raised in the book, especially observations about what motivates people and how that affects how our society works. I appreciate the way Green makes his characters flawed, and how that isn’t always resolved in the ways that we want. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Addiction

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Grief

saricostanzo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Racism, and Vomit