![]() ![]() I understand why other people like it, but I was relieved to move on to my next read and I won’t be back for the sequel. But the pacing was patchy, the theme over-wrought, and getting to the end was a slog. I enjoyed some of the riffs about marketing, and I liked that the characters were older than most YA casts (post-college, first job, still uncertain about money & love). “how the social internet is changing fame and radicalisation how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty and how vilification and adoration can follow a life in the public eye.” ![]() ![]() I don’t think it’s a bad book, and when I checked the blurb it did say it’s a book about I think I was supposed to forgive April May some of her failings because she was ‘Quirky,’ but really I needed her to be strong enough a character for me to forgive her quirkiness. I can enjoy cutesy, but it needs to earn its place. Maybe that’s why I forgot it? Was it my brain rebelling? Her name put me off in the same way I abandoned (500) Days of Summer halfway through, despite everyone saying I’d love it. I went from addicted, ‘just one more page’ reading sessions to thinking ‘who is this person and do I really care.’ I wanted moar robots but got pages upon pages about internet fame instead.Ī third of the way through I forgot the main characters name, even though she’s called April May. I received this book free from the publishers in exchange for an honest review What I’m reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green ![]()
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