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A review by simranpradhan
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
3.0
Turtles All The Way Down • 3.5/5 ⭐ • YA, Contemporary
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Aza is stuck with the mystery of the disappearance of a local millionaire because her best friend is hellbent on getting the prize. After trespassing on his property and reconnecting with his son who was once her friend, her OCS spirals into a larger yet the small meanings of life.
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I won't give a very analytic review, rather what I felt about the book- because that's how the book is written. In simple words, it's not a book to tell you a story but is a book to just for the sake of being a book. While there is a plot, it's not it's driving point- the driving point is Aza's OCD manifesting into spiralling philosophies and fears of contracting e.coli.
Personally, I think in a time of Wikipedia, if the plot is too exhausting to get through- it is necessary to have the narration be the strongest suit instead. Some people might say this book is just silly or stupid, but in my opinion it's holding to a bar where it shouldn't be held. John Green's style is very much like living in the present- without thinking of the impending material dooms but rather looking at them as metaphorical horizons. I think he very much has mastered the art of what teenagers and young adult want, escapism without letting go of reality- to hope but not to the point of delusion. Personally, I enjoy it a lot.
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Aza is stuck with the mystery of the disappearance of a local millionaire because her best friend is hellbent on getting the prize. After trespassing on his property and reconnecting with his son who was once her friend, her OCS spirals into a larger yet the small meanings of life.
.
I won't give a very analytic review, rather what I felt about the book- because that's how the book is written. In simple words, it's not a book to tell you a story but is a book to just for the sake of being a book. While there is a plot, it's not it's driving point- the driving point is Aza's OCD manifesting into spiralling philosophies and fears of contracting e.coli.
Personally, I think in a time of Wikipedia, if the plot is too exhausting to get through- it is necessary to have the narration be the strongest suit instead. Some people might say this book is just silly or stupid, but in my opinion it's holding to a bar where it shouldn't be held. John Green's style is very much like living in the present- without thinking of the impending material dooms but rather looking at them as metaphorical horizons. I think he very much has mastered the art of what teenagers and young adult want, escapism without letting go of reality- to hope but not to the point of delusion. Personally, I enjoy it a lot.