Paper Towns in Pick-a-Shelf

Feb 24, 2015 Sassafrass rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, z-ravenclaw-mmp, z-challenge-books-2015, z-2015

*3-3.5 STARS*

This was a pretty decent book once I got into it. I wasn't blown away like I was expecting to, but maybe this isn't one of John Green's better books.

I will say that I was glad that the story picked up, because the beginning was quite slow. It was like spurts of story with LOTS of boringness in between. But, once you got into the second part it was much better.

There were some funny parts and then there were parts that were too over the top too. But, I guess it was more directed at th ...more

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Jan 11, 2014 Heather Adkins rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

amazing. seriously my favorite author of 2013.

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May 31, 2015 Bethany rated it really liked it

Not my favourite writer but his stories are well constructed and even though not happily ever after, I thought the ending was appropriat

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Mar 28, 2014 Susan rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fiction

Green's strength always seems to be his characters. I'm not sure the plot of this book was all that terrific, but I really cared about Q and his friends, including Margo, and I did get caught up in the action because of that. The message -- that we really can't ever know anyone else -- is a good one, and though it was central to the story, it didn't feel heavy-handed. ...more

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May 12, 2015 Marie (UK) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-reading-challenge

the beginning of this book is fast and fabulous but it loses it in the middle only to come back together towards the end. Not my favourite John Green novel but still worth the read

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