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Paper Towns by John Green
3.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

» QUICK OVERVIEW «
Stars: ★★★☆☆
Plot: ★★★☆☆
Readability: ★★★☆☆
Characters: ★★★☆☆
Writing: ★★★☆☆
Recommend: ✗

» PLOT «
Quinton had been in love with Margo since forever. So when one night she climbs into his room in the middle of the night asking for help, he obliges. After spending an entire night together, Quinton returns to school, expecting to see her again. After a few days, it becomes clear that Margo has gone on one of her legendary adventures again, but this time she's left clues for him. Swept up in the excitement from a few nights ago, Quinton begins to follow the clues and search for her.

I think the most interesting part of this book was the factoid about paper towns, and the best part was at the end, when
Margo got angry at the main group for finding her
. For some reason I thought that was funny. It's this moment that should be happy an epic, and it's just not.

» READABILITY «
I did DNF this in the past, so I already knew that this wasn't that readable for me. That is why I used an audiobook. That made this easier to read, but that doesn't change the fact that this book can be boring sometimes.

» CHARACTERS «
The characters in this book are very flawed, while that can be annoying, it is also very refreshing and relatable.

» WRITING «
The writing is alright, nothing terrible or groundbreaking.

» OVERALL «
This was a book I started reading and eventually DNFed in the past (maybe sevenish years ago? when the movie came out?), and this time I was prepared and read it with an audiobook.