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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

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leafy_literature's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

Another ace from Hank. Can't believe I waited this long to read this duology!! I fell in love with each character, and was surprised by the many twists and turns. I highly recommend this book!!

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karly_ackley's review against another edition

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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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saricostanzo's review against another edition

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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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readandfindout's review against another edition

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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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nerfie's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

5.0

This book kept me hooked to my couch with only five minute interruptions for food and the bathroom without Vyvanse. If you have ADHD, you know that this doesn't happen.

The plot structure is absolutely brilliant. In the least spoiler way possible, this book makes you wait a decent amount of way in to resolve something painfully unresolved from its predecessor. This was a brilliant decision made by Hank. It made the necessary exposition and character development fly by just as quickly as the action-packed chapters, and made all the intermittent parts afterward go much faster.

I highlighted so much in this book. There is so many sentences casually meta and on point that would cause me to stop and think about our society.

The book does a great job of broadening the scope from the first novel, but that being said, it is very different. I wonder if some readers won't enjoy it as much, simply because of the much widened world (and not just because of the addition of multiple perspectives). I can see how this book would not meet expectations, but while I would agree that it did surprise me, I'd say it did so in an overwhelmingly positive way.

This is one of those series that I wish I could re-read for the first time, so if this is on your TBR, pick it up and do it for me!

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lisa_m's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

This book was so different to the first one. It still tackled similar issues but the vibe was different.

Whereas the first book was about community, fame and working together to solve a mystery - the second book was more about society & social criticism while trying to avoid a war / complete human subjugation.

I took a break when I was about halfway through this book. Mostly because I wasn't in the right headspace to read about a possible war and so many bad people. This book is very realistic in it's approach. There is a lot of scientific knowledge and also social critisism done in a clear and well thought through way. It is obvious that Hank Green knew what message he wanted this book to have and he didn't incorporate it subtly at all. I didn't mind that though. The message was obvious but also fit into the story perfectly and gave the characters more depth. I loved the different POVs and how every character had a unique and explored personality. Also they are all flawed but still choose to do the right thing. It sometimes got frustrating to read about annoying, powerhungry and bad people but at least you knew that they would eventually loose and in reallife that doesn't really happen.

I listened to this book and I would highly recommend the audiobook experience. There are multiple different voice actors with easily distinguishable voices. Also Hank Green himself narrated the part of a podcast which was pretty cool.

I had a review almost twice as long as this but I accidentally deleted it... Anyways I think that was mostly what I wanted to say. I might add some stuff later on.

Oh also I would recommend this duology very much! Still I know that many people won't like it. It has a very particular narrating style and also the characters can be frustrating. It is definitely not a book you can read or listen to with only half your brain. You will need to think about it and analyse it. I know that I will continue to think about it for a long time to come.

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