I also felt like the supporting characters could have been fleshed out more, but maybe that was purposeful as April is definitely self-centered.Īnyway, catch me first in line for the sequel! I simply had to keep reading to figure out what was up with Carl.īut I think my favorite aspect were the two discussions about fame as well as mistrust of change/'outsiders.' The first topic was especially interesting to me as it was written by an online creator and, being one myself (though a much smaller one), I could semi-relate to it.ĭespite my excitement for this story, I had to dock off a little because I felt like Hank Green's writing from a woman's perspective felt a little off. Constant twists, turns, and a mystery that keeps unfolding. This was such a whirlwind of a book! I didn't research this book before starting (which I'd recommend - just read it), so it took a little bit to get my footing in the story. I went into this book quite skeptically as this is Hank Green's debut coupled with the fact that I don't tend to gravitate towards sci-fi. | Goodreads | Blog | Pinterest | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Publisher: We'll call it An Absolutely Remarkable Thing which spells out AART so the readers subconsciously think this book is art. Let's spell 'okay' as 'ok' and put it in all caps so it looks like the character is screaming. Publisher: I'll have the cover department work on that! Hank: One more thing, let's make the cover really pretty so we can trick the reader into thinking it's a good book.

Hank: *Whispers* There actually isn't really going to be a plot just a bunch of random scenes that are boring but kind of make sense. Hank: Oh, and one more thing! I'm going to write it so that the reader won't be able to tell when the exposition ended and the actual story starts. Publisher: Well, usually readers hate love triangles but it doesn't really matter because whatever you write will sell because your famous. Hank: Also, our main character will be bisexual so we can call our book diverse without actually going into the subject at all. Hank: So she'll discover the alien and then make a video about it which will go viral but let's make the main character super awkward and cringey. Publisher: What about the main character?

He'll just be a big hunk of metal but we'll call him an alien. Hank: The alien won't actually talk or interact with the humans. Hank: Kind of but let's remove all the violent parts. Hank: I want to write a book about aliens. Publisher: What do you want it to be about. Hank: Yes, my brother wrote a bunch which means that I can too!

Publisher: So Hank you want to write a book?

An absolutely remarkable thing plot