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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is the 2018 debut novel of Hank Green, best known as one half of the VlogBrothers, as well as the younger brother of award-winning novelist John Green. A sequel, "A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour," was released in 2020.The novel revolves around a twenty-three year old design graduate living in New York, named April May. When heading home from work at 3 AM, she stumbles across a colossal statue of a man in the middle of the city, with no sign as to how it got there. April calls her friend Andy, and they make a video with the statue, which April dubs "Carl", and upload it to YouTube.Overnight, the video becomes a viral sensation as it turns out Carls have appeared not just in New York, but in cities all across the world - and they may not be of human origin. April is thrown into the media spotlight, somewhere it turns out she does not mind being, and becomes embroiled in a vicious culture war as to what the Carls' purpose on Earth is, and how humankind should respond to them.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The first chapter, narrated by the author, can be found here.
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Attention Whore: April cops to becoming addicted to the attention being the face of the pro-Carl movement earns her.
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Commitment Issues: April has some pretty severe ones, that lead her to sabotage her relationship with Maya shortly after discovering Carl.
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All Issues Are Political Issues: The Carls, a collection of unmoving, unspeaking statues, whose alien status is only revealed by their chemical composition, become a locus for pre-existing political tensions. Liberals view them as having come to help humanity progress and understand each other better, and should be welcomed. Conservatives view them as a potential threat that should be distrusted, if not destroyed entirely. This leads to radicalisation, terrorist attacks, and murder.
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