I'm didn't like A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor as much as its predecessor. Everything that made the first book magical and mysterious got over-explained because the sequel had to build on what was set up in the first novel (this was necessary, but also devastating). And although the first novel ended in a cliff-hanger, this felt like more of a sequel than a continuation.

I loved An Absolutely Remarkable Thing because it was crazy and grounded at the same time. It felt relatable even when the characters were doing completely unrelatable things. For some reason the sequel just didn't capture that. 

The multiple POVs spread the story too thin and I honestly think I would have liked this novel better if the Maya/April/Carl chapters were cut altogether. The first half was very millennial feel-good propaganda, the second half was an action adventure, and I think both halves of this story could have been accomplished with just Andy and Miranda chapters. And honestly, Andy and Miranda were the most relatable characters of the novel.