An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel (The Carls)
In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
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This was an incredibly fun and thoughtful science fiction book that I think would be appealing even to those that don't typically read science fiction, much like Ready Player One appeals to a broader audience. I recommend this one!!
In all honesty, I don't even know what to say about this book. I thought a lot about not even writing a review about it, but it wouldn't be fair.
Just to say, I literally woke up my mom so I could talk about it after finishing, and still, can't express how I feel. If my english comes out really crappy, just bear with me here.
There's a lot of stories about how it would be if we made contact with aliens or out of our knowledge intelligent life forms, and imagining how it would be creates some of the best science fiction that we have until today, but none represents how it could actually be than this book. Not about who those aliens could be or how would they act, but how would WE react to this, specially in the current world. Technology and the fast exchange of information through social media have and will always transform the scenario of human behavior, by giving voice to people who probably would be heard ten or twenty years ago, and that's a huge thing, even more impressive than we give ourselves time to think about. We can love April, hate her, judge her decisions, not agree on her way of dealing with the situation, but never say that it would be impossible, improbable or unlikely that that's like someone would act if they were in her position in that scenario. She as a fictional character in fact represents more than half of us, people that want to be heard, to spread our message if we have the chance. It's a good or bad thing if we had that power? The human being is suggestible and tends to get overwhelmed with any source of "power" that it's given. More than anything, this book shows us what we do with that kind of power, how we evolve and change with it. And it's amazing how all of this is portrayed in a science fiction novel. The ending? I'm still processing.
Maybe I'm just rambling about things that I don't even understand and could do a better review about the story itself, but for now, I'll just say. READ THIS BOOK. Leave aside all the prejudice you could have about it and read it. You won't regret. I don't care if you'll read it in english, portuguese, spanish, german, japanese or even klingon, as long as you give this book a chance.
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