![]() ![]() I can’t say that it wasn’t, because it wouldn’t be true. Let me start off by saying this: ABFE was a good book. So: just in case, for AART, warning: spoilers ahead. Let me start off with saying this will be a spoiler-free review for ABFE, but this is a sequel, so for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, I can make no guarantees. And I had high, high hopes that A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (ABFE) would give me much of the same. The main characters were allowed to have faith in humanity, even in this stange alien lifeform, and in the Dream sequences it had given them. ![]() It was why I fell so firmly in love with AART. ![]() ![]() Despite adversity in the form of Peter Petrawicki, despite uncertainty in the form of the Carls’ intentions, protagonist April May put her foot down and told people to work together and be kind with each other. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (AART) refused to do either. They frequently portray optimism as foolish at best, danerous at worst sometimes you’ll read a book that suggests people really would be kind, except that there will always be a few bad eggs that make the rest of the world hesitate to trust in their kinder instincts. Too often within the SFF genres, the books that we read have pessimistic outlooks on hope and kindness. ![]()
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