A review by rosesandproses
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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

4.0

I had a hard time getting into this one. The multiple perspectives were frustrating for me (this is definitely a my preference thing; I wouldn't have read this book if it were not the sequel to the first one), and the book does take a while to pick up and get going, then the big stuff happens rapid fire in the last ~100pgs.

I love Hank Green and I appreciate his ability to get big ideas into a story that sort of hits on all the *gestures broadly to the dumpster fire world.* But I really preferred the first book, although I do agree that it needed a sequel.

The use of the articles at the beginning of many chapters was landing about 4/5 times. Enough that I think it needed to stay, but since every chapter did not start with a snippet like that, I personally would've cut a few more.

This sounds very bad for a book I gave 4 stars. I did enjoy it! It made me feel things and laugh, and I love the characters and their growth! I just feel like this needed one more edit to get over the finish line.
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