Margo Roth Speilman is the coolest girl in school. The type that can easily waltz into the back stage of a rock concert and is completely adored by the whole school. Quentin has always admired her from afar, but one night, she bursts into his bedroom window and demands an all-night road trip pulling pranks on all the people who have wronged her.
The next day, Margo is nowhere to be found. She's completely disappeared. Quentin and his friends will now have to follow clues to discover her whereabouts, constantly wondering who the real Margo truly is.
It's needless to say that I was gripped from the very first page. John Green has a way of sucking you straight into the centre of the action. His characters are always quirky, mysterious and full of witticisms and Paper Towns is no different.
The novel is set in his home town of Florida. I've been there a couple of times with my family on holiday and I loved spotting landmarks in the novel that I'd been to in real life.
The main theme of this book is facades. It turns out that Margo is a mystery, as the clues develop, it's clear that there's a lot more to her than meets the eye. Maybe she's not the "cool girl" everybody thought she was.
I found it a very relatable read as I think everybody's felt like they were hiding a part of themselves at some point in their lives.
And John Green can do no wrong in my eyes!
I bought Paper Towns last year and my Mum has been hogging it since and I want to read it before the film comes out. It sounds a lot like Looking For Alaska, which I really enjoyed but I'm not sure if the whole way through Paper Towns I'll be comparing it to Looking For Alaska.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Looking for Alaska yet, but I've heard about similarities. x
DeleteI loved the idea of Paper Towns, but just didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. I just didn't like Quentin or Margo!
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I must admit, I wasn't a big fan of Margo either, but I loved the other characters! x
ReplyDeleteI really need to read a John Green book, I have heard so many wonderful things about his work. This sounds like a great book to start with. x
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. A lot more lighthearted than The Fault in Our Stars! x
DeleteI'm a bit hit and miss with John Green books; I loved Looking For Alaska but really didn't like The Fault In Our Stars so I might give this one a try!
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There's been a few similarities made between Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns so this would probably be a good one for you :) x
DeleteThe only thing that I didn't like about Paper Towns was that it felt like I was reading a new and improved version of Looking For Alaska, and that was frustrating for me. But John Green captures the teenage voice like no other and I love him for it!
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He definitely does. I think YouTube probably helped that a lot. But either way, John Green is incredible. x
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