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A review by protoman21
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
4.0
I have lived with some anxiety my whole life, but nothing like you or Aza experience. I have friends with more severe anxiety and this definitely helped me understand them better.
At the beginning of the book, I saw Aza's anxiety a bit remotely and was able to think intellectually about it and how challenging it would be to live with something so compulsive and pervasive. As the book progressed, I began to feel her anxiety more and more myself and became physically uncomfortable during those scenes. There was a sense of wanting to get past this moment and get on with the rest of the story. I wonder if this was intentional or if it was a byproduct of the story of Aza's anxiety interweaving with the hunt for Davis' dad. Either way it very effectively demonstrated her inescapable spiral and certainly elevated a good YA book to a great book, period.
At the beginning of the book, I saw Aza's anxiety a bit remotely and was able to think intellectually about it and how challenging it would be to live with something so compulsive and pervasive. As the book progressed, I began to feel her anxiety more and more myself and became physically uncomfortable during those scenes. There was a sense of wanting to get past this moment and get on with the rest of the story. I wonder if this was intentional or if it was a byproduct of the story of Aza's anxiety interweaving with the hunt for Davis' dad. Either way it very effectively demonstrated her inescapable spiral and certainly elevated a good YA book to a great book, period.