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Paper Towns

John Green

Start date: March 1, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

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Jan 31, 2014 Matthew rated it really liked it

Shelves: coming-of-age, book-a-book-club, 2014, young-adult, library

I like John Green 's writing; Paper Towns is the type of book he writes and you know what to expect. For some readers I think they might get tired of the repetition of themes and characters, but I think Green does these things well and he sticks with what he is good at. So, if you liked Looking for Alaska and The Fault In Our Stars and you want more, try out Paper Towns. If you read either of those and you don't like the genre or you need a break from it, wait until later for this one. ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Meghan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, favorite-books, read-in-2015

"Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one."

Okay. So right off the bat I wanted to read this book for a long time. About a year ago my younger sister demanded that I read 'Looking for Alaska' because it was such a fantastic book. She told me not to worry, it was nothing like 'The Fault in Our Stars' (I wasn't the biggest fan of that book to put it lightly). But I did love 'Looking f "Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one."

Okay. So right off the bat I wanted to read this book for a long time. About a year ago my younger sister demanded that I read 'Looking for Alaska' because it was such a fantastic book. She told me not to worry, it was nothing like 'The Fault in Our Stars' (I wasn't the biggest fan of that book to put it lightly). But I did love 'Looking for Alaska' and I vowed that I would read more John Green books.

Then other books happened. It has nothing to do against John Green just books that I wanted to read more came out, we all know how the happens, as readers we have all been there before.

However, with the movie coming out I finally decided to buckle down and read this novel because I didn't want anything to be spoiled for me through the movie and through viewers of the movie. It was one of the best choices I made this summer so far. I completely fell in love with the characters and the story that was being told. I am a huge mystery fan so to start off this novel already had me. The characters were hysterical and easy to relate to. Now granted, I never did anything that these characters were doing but when it comes down to the emotions and the feelings of teenagers at this age, John Green nailed it.

Not only were the basics of this novel solid but the ending.... oh my gosh! The ending!! I was never sure throughout the novel what exactly was going to happen when they finally found Margo, if they found her at all, and I can promise you it was not at all what I thought it was going to be. It was fantastic, it was everything that I wanted out of the ending but I didn't know that it was what I wanted to happen, until it happened.

This book impacted me so much on so many different levels that honestly I was so completely surprised by it in a refreshing way. I laughed throughout the book and I felt more than I have in any of John Green's other books. This was a complete winner for me in every aspect of that word. ...more

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Dec 26, 2013 Amber Myers rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: complete, books-read-in-2013, favorites

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I have been hearing a lot of good things about his book so I finally decided to read it. It has lived up to all the wonderful things that have been said about it.
What I most loved about this book is how its funny, serious, thought provoking.
The book also has three parts. The first one where Q and Margo go on this adventure which is cool and fun and we learn a little bit about the characters. The second part where Margo is gone and Q tries to piece togeth ...more

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Sep 16, 2013 Jodie rated it really liked it

Shelves: favourites

Kept me in suspense until the last bit! The ending is unclear, which I like because I can choose the ending for myself :)
Yet another phenomenal book written by John Green!

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