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In the style of Quentin:
1. I am too old to fully appreciate the teenage angst and deep meanings I'm supposed to feel while reading this.
2. Margo, while meant to be this legendary character (evident from all the Margo Roth Spiegelman references) is really just an extremely self centered brat.
So this is an adventure story taking place at the end of the character's senior year of high school. First with Margo and Quentin during a night of stunts orchestrated by Margo to get even with those who wro ...more
1. I am too old to fully appreciate the teenage angst and deep meanings I'm supposed to feel while reading this.
2. Margo, while meant to be this legendary character (evident from all the Margo Roth Spiegelman references) is really just an extremely self centered brat.
So this is an adventure story taking place at the end of the character's senior year of high school. First with Margo and Quentin during a night of stunts orchestrated by Margo to get even with those who wro ...more
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would, and I can't help but think that it might have had a stronger affect on me if I were a little younger. It started out really great, caught my attention right away. However, near the middle I felt that the "mystery" was dragging on a little too much, but picked up again in the later part of the book - which really won me over. It's a great read and not just for young adults - but for everyone as it touches on perceptions of people and our "idea" of
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I'm not a terribly introspective person so books that make our emotional lives understandable rock my world. This one was funny and brilliant and terribly sad and all around a great read. It captured the high school "senior" experience so well that you can almost smell the insecurity and feel the friendships. It's been a long time since I read a book that I couldn't put down -- driven to find out how it ends, and enjoying the "trip".
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I listened to this book on audiobook.
The narrator, Q, was pretty spot-on with his life, thoughts, and desires, but I thought his friends were a bit flat and one sided. On the other hand, when all three boys were together, I loved their word play in one-upmanship- it made me laugh every time. I didn't like Margo as much as appreciate her little clues and the process Q went to to understand them. That was really the best part of the book. ...more
The narrator, Q, was pretty spot-on with his life, thoughts, and desires, but I thought his friends were a bit flat and one sided. On the other hand, when all three boys were together, I loved their word play in one-upmanship- it made me laugh every time. I didn't like Margo as much as appreciate her little clues and the process Q went to to understand them. That was really the best part of the book. ...more
Entertaining but not great. Honestly, it was so similar to Looking for Alaska that I probably won't remember this one in detail or be able to distinguish between the two in a few months.
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Jan 07, 2025
Crystal
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Shelves:
z-2021-around-the-year-in-52-books
Oct 18, 2012
Leslie
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
audio-books,
2012-reads
Feb 12, 2014
Analicia Chavez
rated it
really liked it
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young-adult
Apr 29, 2014
Kendra
marked it as to-read
Jun 05, 2014
Anna
marked it as to-read
Jul 29, 2014
Heather
marked it as to-read
Dec 28, 2015
Naj
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2016
Sam
marked it as to-read
