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Paper Towns by John Green
3.0

3.5/5 stars

The Beginning
I like the beginning a lot! The adventure is fun and shows the characters of Q and Margo really well. It's interesting and fun and unexpected and I really like it!

The Middle
Can I just pretend the middle never happened? Honestly, the entire time I was reading the middle of this book, I wanted to scream. I think it's awful. It's so repetitive and boring and Q just needs to get the f*** over the girl, seriously. Ben is being an ass hat a lot of the time and even though it's annoying, it's ok because I like Ben a lot. And his best friend is being a girl-crazy weirdo obsessed with the idea he has of a person, instead the actual person.

The End
Oh my god. Oh. My. God. I can't even express how much I love the end! From the day of graduation all the way to that final kiss, just so in love! It's perfect! It really is! I literally laughed out loud quite frequently. Ben and Radar are the perfect characters. I just love them. Yes
SpoilerMargo is a total bitch to everyone when they find her,
but afterwards everything is fantastic again!

So if I can just ignore the entire middle, from the day after the adventure to the day before graduation, I would give Paper Towns 5/5. But because the middle exists ((and I know it'ss obviously necessary for the book to continue, but it annoys and bores me to death)) I give it 3.5