
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
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Narrated by:
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Hank Green
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Kristen Sieh
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By:
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Hank Green
About this listen
In his much-anticipated 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 realising she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life.
News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity, and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are but what they want from us.
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social Internet is changing fame, rhetoric and radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanisation that follows a life in the public eye.
©2018 Hank Green (P)2018 Orion Publishing GroupCritic Reviews
'A fun, contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, especially when faced with remarkable events' Kirkus
'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is pure book joy' Lev Grossman, number one New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy
'Fun and full of truth. To be honest, I'm a little irritated at how good the book is. I don't need this kind of competition' Patrick Rothfuss, number New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicles
Read this series if you enjoy books like Ready Player One.
Read this series if you enjoy movies also like Ready Player One, Inception, and maybe Bumblebee I guess.
Read this series if you enjoy TV series’ like Black Mirror.
Read this series if you enjoy video games like Life Is Strange, Detroit: Become Human, or Beyond: Two Souls.
This turns out to be quite an insightful and thought-provoking series, and I have been thinking on it now for some time after finishing it.
A Stumbling Start, But A Perfectly Executed Finish
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Astounding
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Nice
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Loved It!
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far out
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Surprising
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I also cannot stress the brilliant work of Kristen Sieh as she brought the characters to life without missing a beat. She was the best person to play April May and I will definitely come back to this audio book to fall asleep to or engage with the story again.
An Absolutely Remakable Book and Audio book
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Glorious.
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It was not a fast-moving book, but it was compelling and hard to put down.
Anyone who liked films like Gravity, Interstellar, and perhaps especially, Arrival, will find the book enticing. Am looking forward to starting the 2nd book!
A wonderful modern allegory
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Incredible story line, very intriguing. But more nuances that you can get lost in. Brilliant callouts to all social media attributes of today.
Great story, amazing nuances
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