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dionnedlc 's review for:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
by Hank Green
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
I am a huge fan of Hank Green's vlogs and educational content. It was very interesting to listen to this audiobook and hear ideas and thoughts that Hank Green has touched on in past video essays, woven into a character-driven narrative. I loved that this story was through the point of view of a "normal" person gaining fame and large value personal brand development, written by someone who also gained a level of fame from internet virality first hand.
I also wondered which people in Green's life might have possibly inspired any of the characters.
This book sat in a mid level score because the writing was a bit hard to get through sometimes. The name 'April May' was repeated quite a lot, and Im not sure I really hear a lot of people's names mentioned so many times in similar sentences. The book was also a very 4chan-meme, internet-lingo, Disney-sarcasm–dialogued book. The main character narrator was not my cup of tea, and I appreciated the tone of a new character when it was time to shortly hear from Andy. A lot of the characters also had very similar ways of speaking--made a bit too obvious by the narrator.
The mystery of the plot was interesting, but I thought the observations about society and fame were the better elements. This would be a good book to read for someone if they ever did experience the virality to fame pipeline.
I also wondered which people in Green's life might have possibly inspired any of the characters.
This book sat in a mid level score because the writing was a bit hard to get through sometimes. The name 'April May' was repeated quite a lot, and Im not sure I really hear a lot of people's names mentioned so many times in similar sentences. The book was also a very 4chan-meme, internet-lingo, Disney-sarcasm–dialogued book. The main character narrator was not my cup of tea, and I appreciated the tone of a new character when it was time to shortly hear from Andy. A lot of the characters also had very similar ways of speaking--made a bit too obvious by the narrator.
The mystery of the plot was interesting, but I thought the observations about society and fame were the better elements. This would be a good book to read for someone if they ever did experience the virality to fame pipeline.