The book is written as if the main character, April May, is telling her story from her perspective. I liked the discussion of how people of today rely heavily on social media platforms to get news. The more I dived into the book, the more entertaining it became, and the more I started enjoying it. There are so many complicated twists and turns in throughout the story, that there were points where I had to rewind and listen to a section again. It wasn’t until I started listening to the audiobook that it became interesting. However, the book did start a bit slow and boring for me. I usually don’t read a lot of science fiction books, but this one shook me to the core. Let me start by saying that I loved all the books written by his brother John Green and only bought this book based on the assumption that he would be different. “Just because you can’t imagine something doesn’t mean you can’t do it.” I mean, if they like you, there must be something wrong with them, right?” “Basically, do your best to mock and deride their connection to and appreciation of you because, deep down, you dislike yourself enough that you cannot imagine anyone worthwhile actually wanting to be with you. 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. This review is no way tied to the library or the publisher.
I also listened to an eAudiobook checked out from my local library using Libby by Overdrive. The copy used for this review was a printed copy that I purchased from Amazon. Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Science Fictionĭisclaimer: This review is solely my opinion.
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