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Hank Green: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018, Dutton) 4 stars

Review of 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' on 'Goodreads'

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I keep falling for hype of books I should know better than to do so for.
It's good, it's entertaining. I gladly escaped into it with my "I'm sick"-fuzzy brain. But it wasn't my thing.

The protagonist is stupid in a way real humans are I'm probably worse than April at saying (and believing) I'll do this thing next time, and then not doing that thing but characters in a story become annoying and seem unrealistic in their stupidity.

The ending: The setup is so grand that I think leaving it ambiguous is better than giving some specific explanation, but I kind of wished for something more specific.

And of the themes of the story, I see they are relevant to our times, but not to me personally.
The theme of seeking attention online, in the form of likes or whatever, I don't particularly do that.
The theme of becoming the person you craft your online person to be - my online person is so censured down it's not even a person.
The theme of getting dragged into opposing opinion spiral, I'm kind of sick of it. I've been there, done that, become aware I'm doing it and trying to not do that ever again. And I know it's very important but I don't think this book gives significant insight into this phenomenon. I kind of liked how it hinted that two sides are needed for an argument but that was that.