Paper Towns- John Green
Paper Towns.
Oh, what can I say- or rather, write, about this book.
I went into it with as much excitement as you would have for Green after reading the Fault In Our Stars.
Basically: I was extremely excited.
I went to my local bookstore, picked up the book and got to it.
I read it and much to my disappointment; it did not hook me long enough to get to page 30. But I read it anyways.
Now, don't get me wrong,the beginning was awesome.
It starts with a very bloody scene. Q and Margo, are in the park and they see a man- dead. And so the mystery begins.
It wasn't like one of those detective novels where they find clues and in the end the murdurer is the Coffee Shop owner who sells them the mint- no, this mysterious beginning gave us a context to what the book was going to be about.
Losing yourself, finding yourself, mystery.
Of course, then, after that scene, we find Q, still partially friends with Margo, still in love with her, when she comes threw his window, and takes him on an adventure.
He learns that maybe things can go back to normal as they were before.
Next day. She's gone.
So, I guess it is a kind of mystery book with clues, except they find Margo.
What I liked about the book, was the deep, thoughtful perspective, Green took. He took what someone would think was a dream life (Perfect heat, summer year round, perfect parents, Florida) and turned it into something someone wanted gone.
Margo herself, I liked. She just got up and left and didn't look back. Made her own decisions.
I wish I could say the same for Q. He was litterally a blind puppy following Margo. To say it was annoying would be an understatement.
Ben, I hated Ben. He was selfish, kinda mean. I kinda understood him, he was him. But just didn't like him.
All in all, if you love the whole deep, moving, not much action, finding meaning without too much of a cliche. Then read it..
Paper Towns.
Oh, what can I say- or rather, write, about this book.
I went into it with as much excitement as you would have for Green after reading the Fault In Our Stars.
Basically: I was extremely excited.
I went to my local bookstore, picked up the book and got to it.
I read it and much to my disappointment; it did not hook me long enough to get to page 30. But I read it anyways.
Now, don't get me wrong,the beginning was awesome.
It starts with a very bloody scene. Q and Margo, are in the park and they see a man- dead. And so the mystery begins.
It wasn't like one of those detective novels where they find clues and in the end the murdurer is the Coffee Shop owner who sells them the mint- no, this mysterious beginning gave us a context to what the book was going to be about.
Losing yourself, finding yourself, mystery.
Of course, then, after that scene, we find Q, still partially friends with Margo, still in love with her, when she comes threw his window, and takes him on an adventure.
He learns that maybe things can go back to normal as they were before.
Next day. She's gone.
So, I guess it is a kind of mystery book with clues, except they find Margo.
What I liked about the book, was the deep, thoughtful perspective, Green took. He took what someone would think was a dream life (Perfect heat, summer year round, perfect parents, Florida) and turned it into something someone wanted gone.
Margo herself, I liked. She just got up and left and didn't look back. Made her own decisions.
I wish I could say the same for Q. He was litterally a blind puppy following Margo. To say it was annoying would be an understatement.
Ben, I hated Ben. He was selfish, kinda mean. I kinda understood him, he was him. But just didn't like him.
All in all, if you love the whole deep, moving, not much action, finding meaning without too much of a cliche. Then read it..