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John Green

Start date: July 2, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

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What Members Thought

Dec 02, 2012 Natalie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, award-winners, contemporary

Everyone was right! I now understand the undying love for John Green. I'll definitely be reading my next John Green book soon. ...more

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Sep 03, 2020 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: friendship, grief, kindle, young-adult, mystery, coming-of-age, award-winner, debut, boarding-school, teens

I enjoyed reading this book more than I expected too. It has many of the themes I have read in other John Green books, including teen boy angst and the mysterious but troubled crush. I liked the characters in this one, despite their many, many flaws and I appreciated that the adults, although not a large part of the story, were not simply grown ups out to get the kids (even when it is their job to do just that). I figured out most of the mystery of the plot well before the characters did, but I ...more

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