Paper Towns Review

Paper Towns by John Green.

Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. 

After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. 

But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew... 

First Thoughts

I first picked this book up and the library, and was very excited to read it, because I heard John Green was a great author, and everyone was raving about this book. When I started reading I was very disappointed, because it was very slow. I was not able to finish it before it had to go back. I then had to read the book at school, and I had forgotten how slow the book was. So here's my honest review of this book.

Review

John Green is a great author, who is able to captivate you within the first few pages of some of his books. Unfortunately, this book is not one of them. When I got into the book I realized that is wasn't just a slow beginning, it was a slow book. The only way I finished it, was knowing I had to read it for school. 

The plot of the story is great, but the way the book was written doesn't serve it justice. This book was way over-hyped. It was also very predictable, and I couldn't connect with the characters. On the upside, the book did have some good metaphors, that make you think.

Overall, this book was an over-hyped, predictable book, with a boring ending. I do not recommend this book.

Rating

If you do decide to read this book, it is suitable for ages 12 and up YA readers.