Paper Towns - John Green

Paper towns is a novel written by John Green, who has won awards, such as the Michael L Printz award and the Michael L Printz honour book, for his two previous novels, “Looking for Alaska” and “An Abundance of Katherines.” The books are primarily for the young adult audience and deal with many themes such as relationships, identity and high school. Yet Green’s books also have something different about them, the writing style is unique and every time ...
...never picked up on before. Briefly, the “Paper Towns” novel revolves around a young man named Quentin who slightly unpopular in school, considered by some a nerd. When he was a child he was friends with a girl named Margo Roth Spiegleman, who is now popular. Having not spoken for years, Margo arrives at Quentin’s house one night, dressed as a ninja, and asks Quentin to help her exact revenge on an ex boyfriend. Shortly after Margo disappears and ...

rachieb123 04.07.2009 · Read full review
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Being sick and confined to my bed for several days, I decided to buy a book to keep myself entertained. I bought two books that day, and didn't expect that one of them was going to be "Paper Towns". I recognized Green from the youtube experiment he was involved in, which attracted me to the book. I was curious to see if his hilarity in person would come across in his writing, and it did. The novel is fast paced and easy to read; but more importantly, ...
...people can relate to. I'd rather not discuss details of the storyline simply because this won't do the novel justice. While I was entertained and satisfied with the book as I read the first two sections of "Paper Towns", it was the final section that made this novel great for me. The characters are finally revealed as either who they have evolved to be, or who they were all along. The title of this review will make more sense when you read the novel, ...

88shannon88 06.02.2009 · Read full review
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...nerdfighter would have probably read Paper Towns. I have read Paper Towns atleast twice now and i think it's amazingly imaginative, the characters are described very well the story and plot is written wonderfully, i'm a big fan of John's books myself and i enjoy reading every one of them but Paper Towns has got to be my favourite. The meaning of the story really got me thinking after i read it all, it got me thinking about how we all miss imagine ...

emmabee11 27.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Paper Towns - John Green