Published September 22nd 2009 by Speak (first published October 16th 2008)
Goodreads summary:
"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.."
I've always been a fan of John Green's amazing writing style, and still am. There's just something about it that makes me want to keep on reading. I love his use of words, and the way he describes the events happening and the way he describes people. I'm also a big fan of his 'life-lessons' in his books, and this book had an amazing life-lesson in it as well.
The story, however, was a less amazing.
First of all, who follows a person they haven't really spoken to in years to go on this 'adventure' while it's pitch black outside and he has no idea where they are going and what they're going to do?
Secondly, Q talks about Margo all the time since her disappearance. Don't take that lightly, because I really mean all the time. ALL. THE. FREAKING. TIME. I would go crazy if I was one of his friends. He even gets mad at his friend for talking about prom, instead of Margo. What kind of friend does that? I just really don't get Q's obsession with Margo.
There are a few things I did like about this book. One thing being the character development. I love how you find out more and more about the REAL Margo, how she isn't as perfect as people think, and how Q realises it. I also loved the development in their friendship, and their new friendship with Lacey.
Overall, Paper Towns is well written, and the character development is great, but the story lacks content. Green's books mostly involve more than one topic. This book, however, had only one topic: a guy with an obsession over a girl that disappears, and how he keeps talking about her ALL. THE. FREAKING. TIME.
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