saricostanzo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Gun violence
Minor: Medical content, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Racism
calamitywindpetal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Vomit, Sexism, and Death
edgario's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Body horror
Gwen stefanitheirgracegrace's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, and Death
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I think the first book had to do a lot of unfortunate fame- and internet-related groundwork to make this book possible, so for those who felt let down by An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, I urge you to continue with this sequel. I liked the first one fine, but this one is indeed remarkable.
I'm a sucker for an ensemble cast, and the plot offers a lot of insight into current affairs. Occasionally a bit too close for comfort – akin to reading 1984 in 1984, I imagine. A timely and skillfully executed science fiction story.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, and Vomit
Not explicitly police brutality, but a scene with a police altercation may be upsetting. Some dicussions of and/or conflations of reality vs virtual reality may be upsetting.baponthecob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Also, I didnt expect to love Carl so much??? And the they/them pronouns made me very happy :))
Hank has a very hopeful perspective for humanity, and I think that's important to hold on to when it's so easy to feel like shitty things will never change.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Racism
Minor: Cursing and Sexual content
samchase112's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
People will just share the things that confirm their ideology, and those things will always exist. Our reality isn't about what's real, it's about what we pay attention to.
This is not a book about aliens or science --- it's a book about community, power, compassion, and how humanity uses and abuses the tools we have created in order to manipulate those things. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is deeply weird, yet profoundly true. I want to go back and highlight about 65% of Hank's words. It is obvious this is all coming from a place of caring and social media/celebrity experience; as well as the human experience we can all relate to. I cannot recommend this book and its insanely relevant messages enough.
Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Police brutality, Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Addiction, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Vomit, Outing, and Grief
cerilouisereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
livreads54's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Racism, and Violence