Today's book post is going to be about "Paper Towns" by John Green! I love this book! (I promise I don't love every book I read, I'm just really picking up good ones lately ;) ) I didn't even know this book existed until the movie came out in theaters, and I never watched it just so that I could read this book. I finally got to it last week, so lets jump into the review!
Goodreads 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 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 the girl he thought he knew..."
Review: 4/5 Stars
CAUTION: Spoilers Ahead
My Thoughts:
We have one POV in this book, which is Quentin's. I'll refer to him as Q from here on out. I really like Q. I think he is the perfect description of a teenage boy. I relate pretty hard to him because he is a nerdy kid. His friends are in band and they love video games and all things nerd. I was the girl version of him in high school.
His friends are super funny. Radar and Ben are his best friends and their personalities add so much to the story. Radar is super smart and he refuses to bring his girlfriend over because his parents collect black santas. Ben is absolutely girl crazy and he finally gets a girlfriend. Lacey, Ben's girlfriend, was a friend that came to be during the story and I wasn't too sure about her at first. She ended up being a really cool character.
A part of the book that I really like and relate to is when Q is cleaning out his locker on his last ever day of school and he is reminiscing. He's thinking about it being the last time he would open that locker with that combination in that hall with those teachers and those classmates. I remember my last day of high school and I felt the same way. It was really hard to leave and let it go.
Margo's revenge on her ex boyfriend and her friend that he was cheating with is epic and they 100% deserved it. I wish I had been brave enough to do something like that! I laughed the whole time!
That same night when they break into Sea World and their crossing the moat, I was freaking out when Q saw movement in the water. I though he was going to get eaten by an alligator. (Im terrified of alligators y'all).
I hate the part after Margo leaves when the police officer is talking to Q about how Margo is like one of many red balloons and yada yada yada. It was actually painful to read.....painful. WTF.. Also...Margo's parents are straight up bitches......there is not a nice way to describe them.
I was so concerned that Margo had killed herself after Q had looked forever and couldn't find her. She didn't of course.
The trip to New York with Q and all of his friends was probably my favorite part of the whole book. It was exactly what a road trip with friends is. Anybody who has taken a trip with friends like this should definitely know what I mean.
I was super surprised that Margo didn't actually mean for Q to find her. She left clues and everything for him, so I didn't understand why on earth she even bothered to leave them.
The ending really disappointed me. I gave it the rating I did because of it. It left a lot to be desired. It left it open and it is clear that the book is a stand alone. Did she go home with Q? Did she go her own way? What the heck even happened?! It lost a star because of this. It was super unfulfilling.
This book teaches people not to make assumptions about people they don't really know. Q thinks he knows the real Margo, but he is so far off. I think this a really powerful and meaningful lesson that every single individual should learn.
All of this being said, I really liked this book. I don't regret reading it for a second. However, I don't see myself reading any more of John Green's books after this. I don't love the style.
I do recommend this book! Y'all check it out.
XOXO,
Eden
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