If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
Title: Paper Towns
Author: John Green
First Published: 2008
My Rating: 3 of 5 stars (average rating on Goodreads: 3.98)
I would recommend this book to: Anyone who needs a light read
The Beginning: The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.
Quentin is secretly in love with the cool girl next door. In his head – and in the safety of his comfort zone – he’s got a perfect version of what Margo is like. One night she drags him out of his comfort zone and into a crazy quest of revenge. The next day she disappears, leaving him tiny clues to where she is. Q is then on his own quest to discover where M is. And who M really is.
Paper Towns is a light and entertaining read. It gives its reader a few good laughs. I read it after reading the very serious and tragic Underground, and Paper Towns was just what the doctor ordered to pick me up again. But the minute I had turned the last page, I forgot all about it, and hungered for a book with more sustenance.
We waited. And for those two minutes we just stared at each other, and I watched the blue in her eyes. It was nice – in the dark and the quiet, with no possibility of me saying anything to screw it up, and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.
This was far from John Green’s best work. I reminded me too much of Looking for Alaska. Some scenes and conversations could almost have been leftovers from Looking for Alaska, which annoyed me. The plot seemed a bit weak, but I liked how the story ended though.
Sjovt du nævner det med at den minder om Looking for Alaska, for det tænkte jeg også over mens jeg læste den, selvom den slet ikke er på niveau med Looking for Alaska 🙂
Slutningen på Paper Towns var dog absolut ikke hvad jeg havde forventet, og virkede lidt som anti-klimaks for mig. Men det er nok smag og behag, godt at du kunne lide hvordan den sluttede 🙂
I’ve been meaning to read this book for so long!! I’ve never read Looking for Alaska or anything else written by John Green though.
By the way, I wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you to the Sunshine Blogger Award and the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award 🙂 you can find it here: http://lipstickandmocha.blogspot.com/2015/09/sunshine-blogger-award-sisterhood-of.html
I think you would definitely enjoy John Green, Carla!
And thank you so much for the nomination – I’m going to check it out soon!
Er glad for, at jeg ikke er den eneste, der har det sådan, Karina! Jeg synes, at personerne mindede ufattelig meget om hinanden – men at LFA havde meget mere humor og dybde end PT.