I wasn’t able to connect to all the characters, but I think in this case the rest of the book makes up for it. John Green is able to mix humor with more serious messages and poetry without it becoming boring, which is a gift. The way the different characters interact is simply brilliant and at times even hilarious. The teenage dialogue is hands down the best part of Paper Towns. Will he be able to understand the clues and Margo herself for that matter? He finds out that Margo left some clues behind that can possibly lead to her hiding place, but they are not that easy to understand… And while others give up and try to move on with their life, Quentin doesn’t stop looking. But when she doesn’t show up for quite a few days, Quentin starts to worry.

It is not the first time she disappears for a few days so they don’t think too much of it.

The next day Quentin discovers Margo is not at school. Quentin has no other option than follow her, and he ends up having the night of his life. Dressed like a ninja, Margo tells Quentin she has chosen him as the get-away driver in a series of well-planned revenge attacks on some of her friends and former-boyfriend. As they are about to graduate, she suddenly appears at his bedroom window one night. They used to be friends, but that didn’t last through high school. Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman had two things in common: they are neighbors and they discovered the body of a man who committed suicide when they were younger. In short: the prose is interesting, the dialogue brilliant and while the characters are not exactly likeable, you want to continue reading anyway. The literary quotes were a nice touch and I’m definitely going to check out the work of Walt Whitman in the future. I didn’t necessarily like the main characters, but their personalities and the way they interacted just worked. No doubt the way John Green is able to write teenage dialogue is simply brilliant. Like when you eat so many homemade brownies you actually feel sick… And I do love brownies. I’m not saying that is necessarily a bad thing, but it does kinda lead to a John Green overdose. But I have no other choice than agreeing with those who say there are many similarities between his books. Don’t get me wrong I have enjoyed both The Fault In Our Stars and Looking For Alaska previously and now Paper Towns as well. Paper Towns is my third John Green read in less than a year, and I think it is about time to ‘de-Green’ and put his other titles on my TBR pile on hold for now. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”

2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.

2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.

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