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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
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
theirgracegrace's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, and Death
lily1304's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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? It's complicated
4.5
I did NOT want to like this book as much as I did. I was skeptical, and then I was totally sucked in. I love that the sci-fi plot is SO absurd, and yet pieces of it are so familiar. Yeah, Altus is a very obvious metaphor for social media and this book is really just Hank Green's soapbox - the plot is a vehicle for the philosophy. But it's a really fun soapbox, and Hank's ideas are fascinating even if I don't always agree. I'm looking forward to rereading it eventually.
Not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but the book's philosophy tries to yell "humanism!" while the plot yells "cosmological dualism!", and I'm not sure how I feel about it - it certainly contains theological ideas and metaphors even though Hank is an atheist. I also actually don't lovehow much Carl is explained in detail - I liked how mysterious Carl was in the first book.
Not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but the book's philosophy tries to yell "humanism!" while the plot yells "cosmological dualism!", and I'm not sure how I feel about it - it certainly contains theological ideas and metaphors even though Hank is an atheist. I also actually don't love
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Vomit
Frequent descriptions of derealization and dissociation
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