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Paper Towns

John Green

Start date: September 1, 2013

Finish date: September 30, 2013

Discussion: Group Read

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Mar 14, 2013 Danae rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2013

When Q was a child he found a man who had commited suicide with his friend and secret crush Margo. The years passed and Margo became the bee queen of the school.
Margo is a crazy girl. A girl who wants to live her life in the fullest, with no worries about the future. She had run from her house a couple of times. Her parents don't worry about her, just what their neighbours would think.
One night she comes to his window and take him on an adventure. They have 11 tasks to complete, and as they do t ...more

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Mar 14, 2014 ♥Booknerdswift♥ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-books

I actually liked this better than TFIOS. The first time I tried reading it, I just couldn't get into it. Now, it's good. What happened if Quentin never went to look for Margo? If some of it didn't happen? ...more

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Sep 03, 2013 ellie k rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

Eh. It's alright. It's my third JG novel and definitely not my favourite. Paper Towns starts strangely, but not badly ... then after Margo disappears, it flounders around for another - what feels like - 1000 pages, as Q becomes miserable about some girl he doesn't really know running away. He's self-centered and irritating, and one of the least believable characters in the novel.

In fact, the only worse character in the book is Margo, who is the most selfish and strangest character ever. The book ...more

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