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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did not like this book at all.
It was a unique idea but just the way the story was told I was not fond of.
It took. me multiple times to finish it which has never happened to me before.
Since then I have never read anymore of his work.
It was a unique idea but just the way the story was told I was not fond of.
It took. me multiple times to finish it which has never happened to me before.
Since then I have never read anymore of his work.
I hate to rank a book this low, but this one did unfortunately not live up to the hopes I had. This is by far my least favorite book by John Green (haven’t read will grayson, will grayson yet so that might change). I usually love his books but I felt like something was missing with this one, it felt incomplete and unrealistic and at the end I was so tired of the characters and the plot. Colin was really annoying and I felt nothing for Lindsey. Hassan was the highlight of this book, without him it would’ve been waaaay harder to get through. Not a book I would recommend to someone that wants to read a John Green book, his other books are way better.
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Man the first bit was hard to get through, but hindsight is 2020 and once we got to the last quarter we were well invested - just a shame t took like 150/220 pages to actually want to know what happens next
I was sitting in an intimate discussion group of teachers and two authors (one being E.Lockhart) when John Green's books came up. One of the teachers commented that they had never really enjoyed Green's books. E. Lockhart suggested to the teacher that they read, "An Abundance of Katherines". Little did I know that E.Lockhart is a close personal friend of John Green (as listed in the current Entertainment Weekly). While I enjoyed the premise of the book (anagrams and mathematical theorems to explain relationships of dumpees/dumpers), I did not love this book as much as the other two I read. At times it is the characters that make you love the book and I did not really "love" any of the characters. For this reason, I gave this book three stars.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
best john green book ive ever read
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m not sure if the saying “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all” applies to books as well but here goes...
Maybe I’m just growing up past the John Green phase and I’m at a point where being fed the moral with a kid’s spoon is just no longer enjoyable. I was definitely expecting a more thought-challenging, sentimental ending. It is still a John Green book though, and is therefore a mine of great quotes none-the-less. One of my favourites: “Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? (…) If people could see me the way I see myself- if they could live in my memories- would anyone, anyone, love me?”
So overall, it wasn't the math or the nerdy protagonist that disappointed me with this story (which is what multiple people have said to me about it) but rather the strong build up that John, in my opinion, failed to tie up at the end. A climactic and resonating ending was missing.
Maybe I’m just growing up past the John Green phase and I’m at a point where being fed the moral with a kid’s spoon is just no longer enjoyable. I was definitely expecting a more thought-challenging, sentimental ending. It is still a John Green book though, and is therefore a mine of great quotes none-the-less. One of my favourites: “Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? (…) If people could see me the way I see myself- if they could live in my memories- would anyone, anyone, love me?”
So overall, it wasn't the math or the nerdy protagonist that disappointed me with this story (which is what multiple people have said to me about it) but rather the strong build up that John, in my opinion, failed to tie up at the end. A climactic and resonating ending was missing.