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Is this an overrated book (since it has been compared to Eleanor & Park and The Fault In Our Stars) or is it worth buying? Opinions, anyone? :)
WhovianatHearts Yes. They are way to alike and far worst when it comes to entertaining the reader. People. Stop saying like it is a TFIOS. It is more of a ripoff of P…moreYes. They are way to alike and far worst when it comes to entertaining the reader. People. Stop saying like it is a TFIOS. It is more of a ripoff of Paper Towns in my opinion. Instead of Q trying to find Margo, it is Violet trying to find Finch. THIS WAS A PAINFUL READ FOR ME. Yes. I wanted to throw this book aimlessly at something. I got this book due to the fact that it had such great reviews and it seemed up my alley. I wouldn't trust the booktubers on this book. Truthfully, their is too much (boring and pointless) dialogue and too close to the author's heart rather than the reader. As you can read in the acknowledgements in the back, it is not that hard to tell. I did cry a tear or too, yet I was SO HAPPY that the book ended. As for humor, their isn't a lot to talk about. Green talks about the Black Santa's (Paper Towns) and the how eggs and breakfast don't deserve to be labeled breakfast food. (TFIOS) The most humerus part was the name of Finch's car. This book may have not meant to be humerus, but it needed it. The ending just continues on and on, with no real good reason to keep going. All except to solve hints later on in the book. Which couldn't be even more boring than the middle. The book goes up, and than downhill immediately. As for the characters, they are pretty flat for being the two main protagonist. If you liked Hazel or Eleanor, I found Violet is an easy downgrade from the two. They just don't have the entertaining personality that I was looking for. As for Eleanor and Park, I have not finished, but have read a few chapters of. If you loved Eleanor and Park, I truthfully do not believe you will fall in love with this book due to the flat characters and dialogue. Maybe this book just isn't for me, but I found that in the end, it really wasn't worth my time.

Why I didn't like it (May or may not be included above)
~To similar to way to many YA books
~Paper Towns with suicide
~Not at all entertaining or funny
~Oh the dialogue...
~To close to authors heart rather than reader

Other:
~Don't trust the booktubers or goodreads with a 4.2 rating.
~With respect to the author, I enjoyed writing this review more than the actually book to be honest. I found it too close to her heart rather than the reader. Which hurt the book in my opinion.

*Tried to keep this as spoiler free as possible. Everything is vague if close to a spoiler. However I do not think this answer is a huge spoiler to anything major that you may enjoy. If you have any other minor questions comment bellow and I will answer whenever I am on. I will not answer spoilers though. (less)
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