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Paper Towns

John Green

Start date: May 1, 2015

Finish date: May 31, 2015

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May 2015 Group Read: Paper Towns
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Jul 12, 2015 Darvey rated it really liked it

YOU WILL GO TO THE PAPER TOWNS
AND YOU WILL NEVER COME BACK
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I actually intended to read this book ~~three years ago~~ and finally had the chance to pick it up when I couldn't find anything to read. I'm glad I picked this book up for the sense of mini adventure and 'finding the clues' was quite fun. I really loved the characters in this book because they were humorous and amazing in their own way.
but
No one beats Margo Roth Spiegelman
She's a big mystery, quirky and someone you can do late night pranks a ...more

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Jan 19, 2015 Dorrit rated it did not like it

Shelves: young-adult

Sooo.....
It got better!
Review coming.

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Oct 12, 2013 Jasmine Lake rated it liked it · review of another edition

I would like to say this first and foremost: Everyone seems to praise the bookshelves that a John Green book is placed on. Well most avid book readers do... even non-avid book readers. I only particpate in this hoopla about a quarter of the time. I have noticed that all of his books that a have a male main character are sooo completely enthralled with this one girl.To be honest I have only read Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska where theres a male main character but they both seemed pretty simi I would like to say this first and foremost: Everyone seems to praise the bookshelves that a John Green book is placed on. Well most avid book readers do... even non-avid book readers. I only particpate in this hoopla about a quarter of the time. I have noticed that all of his books that a have a male main character are sooo completely enthralled with this one girl.To be honest I have only read Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska where theres a male main character but they both seemed pretty similar to me. This one girl is built up to be super duper extraordinary and like nothing you've ever met which gives them an excuse to be completely obsessed with her. Then they have this whole story about basically nothing although that didn't happen in Paper Towns but still. In Looking for Alaska all I remember about it was him going to a boarding school and being completely obsessed with her for most of the book until the end (view spoiler).

Now for my actual opinions on Paper Towns. The main character, Quentin Jacobsen, has been "in love" with his next door neighbor, the notorious Margo Roth Spiegelman. Cute young love but that does not last in high school when they break apart and lead two seperate lives. Until one night when Margo takes Quentin on the journey of his life with the girl he can't help loving. Then Margo suddenly disappears and Quentin believes that she has left a little bit of her mysterious personality behind just for him and he must do something with it! Okay so... I should have realized before that Q would be uber obsessed with this girl from the beginning but I only came to my logic just now. BUT, I did enjoy most part of this book. I liked what it symbolized. The fact that everyone has they're own specific version of Margo and that who you think a person is not what they actually are. I guess this book is what Paper Towns is about. Seeing people for what you want them to be or who they are in your imagination instead of in real life. All in all, it worth the read and glad I got it on my Read shelf before the end of 2014. ...more

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Aug 22, 2013 Julia rated it really liked it

When I bought this book, I expected the Green legacy to live on and for the book to be absolutely life-changing and amazing. However, I believe my expectations were a pinch too high.

I enjoyed this book. I really did. What I wrote at the top may have misleaded you, but I did enjoy this book. I laughed A LOT. The "revenge" was refreshing for me, I've never read anything quite like that in young adult literature. The middle of the book in my opinion was the slowest part. It was great nevertheless, ...more

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May 10, 2013 Jolien rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, favorite-books, book-haul-summer-15, hardcover

first time read: somewhere around 2012-2013
I reread this before I saw the movie and I liked it even more now I truly get the message of this book.
The movie was also pretty good. :)

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