Strong language, including the f-bomb, appears repeatedly. The second thing to know about “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” is that some of its content may bother Christian readers. And, in the end, readers see the self-destruction that she wreaks through those choices. This last point is what gives the book its greatest power, as April May’s fame leads her to essentially turn herself and her life into a story, a brand and a tool for conveying ideas. Throughout the novel, he reflects clearly and thoughtfully on how exciting, addictive and even dehumanizing life in the spotlight can be. Hank Green, as the creator or co-creator of Vlogbrothers, VidCon, Crash Course, SciShow, Complexly and more, knows a thing or two about fame. Here’s the first thing readers should know about “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing”: Though technically in the science fiction genre, most of the novel is really a contemporary narrative about how fame and the internet affects a person’s life. April must navigate her growing fame and new position as celebrity defender of the “Carls,” as the statues come to be called, at the same time as she tries to solve the mystery of what the statues really are and why they’re here. Suddenly, she’s thrust into the center of a mystery and onto a global stage. Then April’s video goes viral and she finds out that the statue, and hundreds of other identical statues across the globe, just might be humanity’s first contact with an alien. 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.Ĭompulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, how our culture deals with fear, and how vilification and adoration follows a life in the public eye.What do you do when you find a mysterious statue of a giant robot on the streets of New York City? If you’re April May, the protagonist of Hank Green’s debut novel “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,” you call a friend and make a YouTube video about it. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world, and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture.
or do the one thing that would change your life forever?
If you came across an absolutely remarkable thing at 3 a.m.
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