This book had A LOT of stuff that went down. I LOVE HOW AART WAS FILLED WITH TWISTS AND TURNS “Fear is even better fuel than anger” – p215 It also was also really in the first few chapters or so, so I don’t understand why it was such a big deal. I personally thought that it helped the book flow better and put emphasis on what was important, making what was really important stand out. A lot of people didn’t like that some of the words were in all caps, but I actually enjoyed it. Something that has come up so many times to the point where I feel the need to address it is the all caps. She was very distinct from the start and felt like a very well developed character. It really came through and made it feel even more realistic in a way that April’s character had a lot of depth and her personality was very unique.
I love the way that he wrote April’s voice.
But I was completely blown away by Hank’s writing! His writing style is completely different from John’s and I feel as if when others talk about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (AART), they often compare it to John’s writing, which honestly feels wrong to me. Because of that I used John Green’s, his brother, writing as that sort of baseline, as I am sure a lot of people did. I enjoyed this book so much! I went into it not quite sure how I was going to feel about it considering that Hank had never written a book, so I couldn’t really go in with any expectations. “Even on this most terrible of days, even when the worst of us are all we can think of, I am proud to be a human.” – p275 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
News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world–everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires–and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center 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 armor–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. Synopsis (From Goodreads): The Carls just appeared. Series(?): The first (I think it will be a duology) “You can only do so much pretending before you become the thing you’re pretending to be.” – p71
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