So recently, I have been on holiday to France (We went to Paris and Normandy if you were wondering!), and I had a lot of time to read! I downloaded 3 books to my kindle, all of which I will review over the next few posts, but i am going to start with one of the weirdest but probably one of my favourites. This is another book by John Green called 'Paper Towns'.
Quentin has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow.
But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery - culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for.
Masterfully written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful and hilarious coming-of-age story.
This book was an unusual one, with the beginning seeming to be a short story itself, however the research put into this book must have been huge as it really shows in the references given in the book, especially the ones relating to paper towns, towards the end of the book. I did get a little confused in the middle of the book as to what paper towns are, but my advice would be to persevere with it and all is explain towards the end of the book. My favourite part has to be the long car journey at the end of the book. It made, what could have been a very boring few chapters, very thrilling and on the edge of my seat, I thought that it was extremely well written. The ending was slightly disappointing, however if everything had ended well, I believe it would have seemed a little fairy tale like.
Paper Towns Can be found on Amazon as well as many other stores, however it is not currently available on Kobo in the UK.
As I read this book on my kindle, the picture used has been taken from the Huffington Post website.
If you do decide to read this book, or have already read it, please let us know what you think!
Keep reading,
Pen Pal E
P.S We have decided that we are going to post a blog post twice a week, on Sundays and Wednesdays, although knowing our organisation skills this might not stick!!!
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