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Rachel N.
Quentin "Q" Jacobsen has always had a crush on his neighbor Margo Roth Spiegleman. One night in their senior year of high school Margo takes Q out for a night of pranks then the next day she disappears. Q spends the rest of the book trying to find her. I liked the pranks at the beginning and the road trip later in the book. The rest of the book dragged and was full of annoying pseudo psychology about how we are all connected but nobody can really know another. Also way too much repeating what Wh ...more
MichelleCH
Feb 09, 2021 rated it did not like it
Well boo on this one. I was really enjoying the beginning of the book (albeit it was highly implausible) with the mysterious Margo and her childhood friend "Q" running around town and causing havoc. No one really knows Margo and we start to learn that perhaps she isn't just the pretty/popular girl in town. I also appreciated learning about paper towns. Rather fascinating really.

The book fell apart for me towards the end (which stinks since I had already invested time in the story) when Green fel
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Kirsten Barber
Up until now, Quentin's biggest concerns have been making sure that he ends his senior year on the right note before he heads off to Duke in the fall and wondering why all his geeky friends are so concerned about the prom. But when the beautiful, daring, yet elusive Margo Roth Spiegelman taps on his bedroom window one night, Q has no idea that his life is about to change. Q has admired Margo since they were childhood friends, but now all he knows about her are rumors of her epic runaway road tri ...more
AmyAmy
First of all, I immensely enjoy John Green's humor. I laughed a lot while reading this. I also appreciate his writing style. It’s concise, clear, and I could buzz quickly through the pages. His writing style and especially his humor is what I enjoyed most about this book.

The book was in 3 parts:

1. REVENGE — where Margo and Quentin (Q) pull an all-nighter, revenging other kids in their high school (who have done Margo wrong) with silly pranks.

2. OBSESSION — where Q, the main character who tells t
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Jules
May 30, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I really wanted to like this book, but just didn't love it. It seemed to drag on a little bit and I really couldn't get into Margo. ...more
Jean-Marie
Jan 07, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
If you've read one John Green novel, you've read them all...and yet they are all entertaining. I can see why he's a favorite author of the YA crowd. ...more
Cassandra Davies
Second time reading it. But this time as an audio book
Kimberly
Apr 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Juliana Philippa
Aug 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: source-npr
Frankie
Mar 30, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult
Curlysue
Jun 14, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult, own
Stacey
Aug 10, 2014 marked it as bailed  ·  review of another edition
Susie LaBelle
Aug 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
Beth
Dec 25, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Suzanne
3.5 stars
Fee
Apr 28, 2016 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Nadia
Jun 21, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
May 26, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nrpg, tower-teams-v
Daina
Jul 28, 2017 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: romance, young-adult
Jenna
Dec 18, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library, kindle
Anika
Sep 16, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Katie
Nov 17, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Natasha
Jan 04, 2021 marked it as to-read
Grace
Mar 12, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rebekah
May 04, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: story-graph