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Paper Towns by John Green

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yoyoflu2's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The main plot is very good and intriguing, but the romantic subplot of the main characters could have easily been platonic and still captivating.

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emileemaree's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ffrogie_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

although it kinda put me in a reading slump thats not a for a bad reason !! it’s because whenever i picked this book up i never wanted to put it down <3 i love q, margo, radar, ben and lacey smm they are awesome and im gonna miss this book <3

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rugbygirlreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

2.75

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sabalicious's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

☆ One of the most fun coming-of-age stories that I've read in a while ☆

The style is humorous and engaging throughout. Quentin's view of the world and his ability to describe the shenanigans that high school years have brought him is entertaining. Coupled with the characterization of his amusing friends this was swift and fun read.

I enjoyed the message of the story the most. Quentin's, dare I say, obsession with chasing Margo and finding her is not as satisfying as we hope it would be. I think this is a message that, if we continue to chase the idea of a person without truly knowing them or seeing them for who they are, we will be as equally disappointed.

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P.S. Description of a corpse at the beginning, but nothing overly inappropriate. There are mentions of underage drinking and sexual references as expected from a coming-of-age-story.

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maetaurus's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I’ve heard a lot about it over the years but never read it, or seen the movie, and decided it was time to give it a read. I’d seen some vague spoilers here and there and knew the basic plot, so I sort of knew what I was getting myself into. Overall, I enjoyed Paper Towns. It was a relatively quick read and I found the characters interesting enough to want to keep going. I will say, I don’t think this book aged well. There’s quite a few controversial and offensive words used that I was surprised to hear. My main complaint is that towards the end, the characters blatantly tell the reader what the moral of the story is, which I didn’t like. I wish it had been more of a “show don’t tell” situation. The ending is also a little underwhelming, but I did already know this based on previous spoilers. But overall I’d recommend this book to any John Green fan. If you liked any of his other books, you’ll probably also like this one.

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