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kareilaWow, my reading has slowed way down recently - I've only finished two books in the past two months, and both of those after I switched to audiobook.
I really loved this book, but I hit a point midway through where I had to stop and take a break because the storyteller gets drawn into a political dogfight that felt way too close to our current situation leading up to the presidential election, where both sides are convinced that the other one is evil. But then I picked it up again last night and pushed through to the end so that I could discuss it with my book club today.
Also, the main character is a hot mess, mitigated by self-awareness but still, her impulsive and often self-destructive decisions make her decidedly less likable as a person. But! The audiobook narrator does a FANTASTIC job of conveying her personality in a way that makes her bad choices easier to forgive, and I sort of fell in love with her voice. Which makes me sad that I can't find the audiobook for the sequel, which just came out last month, anywhere in my library system.
The book ends on an unbearable cliffhanger, though, so I'm glad I waited until the sequel was out to read both back to back. And I do own the hardcover. (I own every book either of the Green brothers has written, and most of them are signed copies.)
What, you might ask, is the book even about? Well, Hank channels his experience with making internet videos and becoming internet-famous into a near-future sci-fi story about alien observers. And a lot of it is wildly implausible, but it also says something fundamentally true about humanity in the process.
I really loved this book, but I hit a point midway through where I had to stop and take a break because the storyteller gets drawn into a political dogfight that felt way too close to our current situation leading up to the presidential election, where both sides are convinced that the other one is evil. But then I picked it up again last night and pushed through to the end so that I could discuss it with my book club today.
Also, the main character is a hot mess, mitigated by self-awareness but still, her impulsive and often self-destructive decisions make her decidedly less likable as a person. But! The audiobook narrator does a FANTASTIC job of conveying her personality in a way that makes her bad choices easier to forgive, and I sort of fell in love with her voice. Which makes me sad that I can't find the audiobook for the sequel, which just came out last month, anywhere in my library system.
The book ends on an unbearable cliffhanger, though, so I'm glad I waited until the sequel was out to read both back to back. And I do own the hardcover. (I own every book either of the Green brothers has written, and most of them are signed copies.)
What, you might ask, is the book even about? Well, Hank channels his experience with making internet videos and becoming internet-famous into a near-future sci-fi story about alien observers. And a lot of it is wildly implausible, but it also says something fundamentally true about humanity in the process.
