paper Towns By john Green. review!

I'd like to give a go at book reviewing. So here it is. Enjoy.

Title: Paper towns
Author: John Green
genre: Young adult, Mystery, Identity

So what was this lovely book about?
Quentin Jacobsen, or Q, is in his last year of high school, and is a little in love with a pretty but mysterious girl names Margo Roth Spiegelman. Once friends, now completely different. But one night, he is visited by Margo at his bedside window where she coax him into following her on an adventure where she takes vengeance, before disappearing off the face of Earth. The disappearance goes unnoticed, as Q and his friends set out to follow her obscure clues in an attempt to find her, but will he be ready to find more than he bargained for?

This book was written in first person, in that way where we read the Q's  thoughts throughout the book. It's fluidity flows well, weaving a ribbon of easy narration which makes it seem like a quick read. Margo's witty clues really helped build her character, making more than just one dimensional, and we see Q's journey unfold mentally, discovering more about Margo and his obsession starts to spread to his close peers. Though  the characters, even Margo and Q, seemed a bit thinned, they still fledged to some extent.

The plot is clever and simple, yet somehow intricate, as well as thought provoking. Green's illusions brought the book to life, comparing our adolecent teenages as balloons, and using paper towns as a plot device was clever.





I think this a great read for teenages and adults, as it is well crafted and insightful. Teenages would be able to relate to the high school setting in the book, but I think that anyone who's looking for a riveting read which is both moving and clever should give this a go.