Paper Towns by John Green
Blurb for the back cover:
It’s a fantastic build up of mystery and suspense.
Margo Spiegelman is probably the most interesting person Quentin Jacobsen knows. Since they have lived next to each other for many years, they’ve known each other since they were little. But since high school started they have drifted apart. That is until one night Margo taps on his window and leads him out for a night of fun complete with revenge and danger. The next day at school, however, she is gone. Vanished and nobody knows where she went. The police just believe that she ran away, but Quentin has a feeling that that is not the case. He discovers clues that lead him to believe that Margo has left a trail for him to follow. Convinced of this, Quentin and his friends begin their search to find out where Margo Spiegelman has gone.
Paper Towns is a fantastic novel. I easily read over the course of a couple days and completely neglected my school work (sorry Jane Austen). It reminded me of the pulp fiction stories that I have a soft spot for because essentially this book is a mystery novel. Throughout the book Quentin finds clues about who Margo was and what she was doing. Since the reader is just as in the dark as the protagonist, you try and figure out what happened and why. It’s so much better than the other mystery novels where there are clues discovered but are not revealed until the last moment. It’s a fantastic build up of mystery and suspense. Another compelling aspect of Paper Towns is that there are a wide variety of characters. One of Quentin’s friends is obsessed with correcting vandalism on the Omnictionary website (think Wikipedia) and has parents who collect black Santas. Margo herself is interesting because over the course of the novel it is revealed that she was different things to different people leading Quentin to ask the question of which Margo is the real Margo.
Paper Towns is a fantastic young adult novel. It doesn’t come off as sophomoric and older readers should enjoy it just as much. And look, it comes in two different covers! I came across John Green after coming across his brother singing about Harry Potter on Youtube. Quite possibly the most inadvertent way to discovering new authors yet. John Green and Hank Green can be found over at the Nerdfighters.
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