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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
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really liked it
bookshelves: new-adult, published-2018, sci-fi, lgtbqia, read-2018, read-2021
Read 2 times. Last read April 28, 2021 to April 29, 2021.

2021 Review:
Am now a fan of Hank Green because of Tiktok and Ian, so that's good?
This book still holds up. I agree with my OG review, but I think I had more fun with it the second time around. Looking forward to starting the sequel too, which is why I reread this one!
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I am going to start this review by saying I had absolutely no intentions of reading this book. I don't follow the Green brothers, and the premises (of what I thought this book was about) did not interest me. I just kind of rolled my eyes and moved on.

A friend of mine did a podcast episode on the book, so I decided that I would read it before listening to his episode. What I found was a really well done, satirical book of millennials and online celebrities.

Earlier this year I read an ARC for Sociable that was supposed to be a satire of millennials. This book exceeds everywhere that book failed, and I couldn't help comparing the two as I went. This book isn't perfect - there are loads of questions left after that I'm not sure a sequel will cover, and the secondary characters are a bit underdeveloped. Which, is in part to show how narcissistic April May is, I guess. But considering that I kept getting Andy and Robin confused... Shrug.

I do recommend it, it's a quick read, and I think it encapsulates a good look at millennials and commentary on online celebrities (meaning those who are famous because they are Youtube stars or because of their Twitter.

And now I shall go listen to "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Call Me Maybe" on repeat.
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Reading Progress

November 15, 2018 – Started Reading
November 15, 2018 – Shelved
November 15, 2018 – Shelved as: new-adult
November 15, 2018 – Shelved as: sci-fi
November 15, 2018 – Shelved as: published-2018
November 15, 2018 – Shelved as: lgtbqia
November 15, 2018 –
page 81
23.01%
November 16, 2018 – Shelved as: read-2018
November 16, 2018 – Finished Reading
April 28, 2021 – Started Reading
April 29, 2021 – Shelved as: read-2021
April 29, 2021 – Finished Reading

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