Review: Paper Towns by John Green
Title: Paper Towns
Hardcover, 305 pages
Author: John Green
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Publication Date: October 16, 2008
Source: Library
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Book Summary:
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life – dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge – he follows.
After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues – and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.
Printz medalist John Green returns with the brilliant wit and searing emotional honesty that have inspired a new generation of listeners.
Review:
I waited a bit to read a John Green book because he is one of those famous YA authors that you hear about once you start getting recommendations from people and I didn’t want to be the only person (or seemingly the only person) that didn’t like his books.
Thankfully, I really adored Paper Towns.
When I read it, I wasn’t really sure what to expect – I knew that people loved John Green, but I wasn’t really sure why or what sort of writing style he had. I found his voice to be very clear, each of the characters developed fully, and the story detailed and long enough to be of interest, but not drawn out and described too much.
I really love how John Green describes the people and places and things in this book. I could exactly picture Margo and Quentin and their relationship to each other. Even sitting here writing this review several weeks later I can imagine scenes from the book with great clarity, which is not always the case with the number of books I read in a week.
I am looking forward to reading other John Green novels – I won Looking for Alaska from a contest (which readers seem to like even more than Paper Towns), and I also own Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which I have only heard great things about. Once I have read those I will give my recommendation on which John Green book is “the best,” but until then I think any of them are a safe bet.
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Yay John Green! I've read and loved all his books. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the others.
John Green is a superb writer, but I find some of his themes and characters to be repetitive. Expect Looking For Alaska to be a more intense version of Paper Towns and you'll enjoy both.
I agree he's repetitive. The talent's there, hopefully he'll find something more original and get that home run.
Great review, John Green sounds like a wonderful author. I think I need to read this book, it's been on my wish list for some time now.
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I’ve only read Looking For Alaska, but IT WAS SOOO GOOD.
I can see Paper Towns from here and An Abundance of Katherines. I for serious can’t wait until you read Looking For Alaska. It will blow your mind.
I love John Green. Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska were my favorite. Really great books!
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This has been on my wish list for a while. Glad it doesn’t disappoint.