Sheree | Keeping Up With The Penguins answers “Did anyone else feel a bit of...”

delaney asked this question about Paper Towns:

Did anyone else feel a bit of disappointment at the end?

Sheree | Keeping Up With The Penguins I wasn't disappointed in the ending plot-wise, but I was pretty disappointed in it structurally. It seemed (to me) to be pages and pages of adolescent…moreI wasn't disappointed in the ending plot-wise, but I was pretty disappointed in it structurally. It seemed (to me) to be pages and pages of adolescent monologuing, really making sure that every part was teased out and fully "resolved". It kind of felt like John Green was handing the philosophical conclusions to his readers, spoon-feeding it to them even, instead of trusting them to figure it out for themselves. That really gets my goat...(less)

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