Friday, May 24, 2013

Reading: Paper Towns by John Green

 Finally found my copy of Paper Towns so I could continue my journey through John Green's complete works.

When I first started reading, it felt very familiar to his earlier book Looking for Alaska. Male protagonist likes this manic pixie girl who then goes missing possibly dead and he obsesses over figuring out what happened.

It was action packed - including an all-nighter revenge plot, cryptic scavenger hunt, and a road trip all in one book. So I was engaged with what was happening, and kept reading to find out more.

I don't actually have much more to say about it. There were references to Moby Dick and Walt Whitman as Green was trying to instill the lesson. I'm having trouble putting that into a comprehensible sentence right now, so I'm guessing it might not have sunk in or I didn't really believe it. But it involved strings, grass, cracked vessels, and humans I think. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable read.  Now all that is left at the time of this post is The Fault in our Stars, which I am avoiding because I know it will make me bawl.

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