Author: John Green
Genre: Adventure, Mystery
Target Audience: Young Adult
Reading Experience: 8/10
Story: 8.5/10
Writing: 8/10
My Verdict: 8.5/10
In contrast to my review of Colleen Hoover's November 9, I thought I might add one of my favorite Young Adult novels.
Paper Towns, by John Green, is the story of Quentin "Q" Jacobsen. Q has loved his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman all of his life, since the moment she moved next door. But from afar. He never dared to tell her. They had one moment together as children that marked their relationship forever. Now as teenagers, Q and Margo rarely speak; they are strangers. She's an enigma to Q, but he still loves her. Everything is fine and normal until one night Margo climbs through his bedroom window on the second floor, like a ninja with a special mission. She embarks Q on one of the most memorable nights of his life. But when that adventure ends, and a new day dawns, Margo disappears. And Q starts to believe that she left clues for him, so that he could find her. Q embarks on his own mission to find her, following the clues she left behind.
I won't say more, 'cause I'll spoil it. But if you thought the Fault in Our Starts was good, this one takes the cake, in my opinion.
