Without the common goal of the dreams and the curiosity of the Carls, the economy starts to crash. In “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor,” the world grieves the loss of April, the Carls and the dreams. However, Green left a glimmer of hope for April fans: Her body is not discovered, and Andy receives a mysterious text message from her phone number.
At the same time, all the Carls disappear from the face of the earth, and the captivating dreams that connected billions of people in a single task vanish. Unfortunately, “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” ends in April’s untimely death at the hands of internet trolls inspired by the conservative pundit Peter Petrawicki. April and her best friend Andy, her ex-girlfriend Maya and scientist Miranda navigate newfound fame, internet trolls and the mysterious dreams that Carls left for all humanity to solve a quest together. “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” is an account of April May and her journey of fame after she discovers the Carls, 10-foot tall alien robots “that popped up in the middle of New York City and all over the world. “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” (Dutton, 464 pp., ★★★½ out of four) by Hank Green follows the critically acclaimed “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” where it left off. 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.Watch Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda on how 'Hamilton' changed under Trump admin 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. In his #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Hank Green spins a cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
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