PAPER TOWNS
Hello! In
this post I’m going to talk and do a little review of a book that I have recently
read. This book is Paper Towns, by John Green. First, I’m going to tell you a little bit
about the plot.
SYNOPSIS
Quentin has been always in love with his
neighbour, Margo, the most popular girl in the high school and who always seems
to live the craziest adventures. One night, Margo enters in Quentin’s room
through the window and asks him to drive her to get to different places to do some
mysterious stuff. After spending a night full of adventures together, the next
morning Margo disappears and Quentin finds some clues that seem to be left for
him by Margo. Following the clues, he will try to find her, while he starts
realizing that she is so different from the person he thought she was.
PERSONAL
OPINION
I was excited to read this book, not only
because of the book itself but also because it’s the first book that I have
read in English. Of course, I have read some English books at school, but I had
never read a book in English by my own.
I was excited about it but I was also a little scared, because I didn’t
know if it was going to be a too difficult book to start reading in English and
if I would understand well enough the book. But now that I have read it I’m happy
because I understood pretty much everything and it was a good experience that I
will repeat for sure.
When I read the plot I immediately liked it,
because I love the stories about mysteries and people missing, and even more if
there are clues and enigmas that lead to them.
Actually, I imagined the book a
little bit different than it was, maybe with more mystery, but after reading it
I realize that even though the main issue about the book is Margo’s disappearance,
the author also wanted to add parts in which the friends and friendship are
important, and some of this parts have become some of my favourite parts of the
book, because of the touch of humour that John Green gives to them.
As the book it’s not very long (305 pages), the
author doesn’t really go into detail about the characters, and in my case, I
didn’t really get the chance to grow fond of any of them.
The main character is Quentin, an ordinary boy
who seems to be lucky about being part of Margo crazy plans. He’s a good main
character, but I think that he sometimes gets too obsessed about finding Margo,
which makes him kind of forget about his life and his friends. That makes Ben,
one of his best friends, get tired of him talking the whole day about Margo.
If I had to choose a favourite character I
would probably choose Radar, the other Quentin’s best friend, because I liked
his personality and I think he’s really good friend, who tries to help Quentin
to find Margo, but also knows that Margo is not the whole world, and that she’s
maybe just playing one of her games.
The book is divided in three parts: the first
one is the night that Margo and Quentin spend together; the second one, which
is the longest, is the whole part about Quentin finding the clues and trying to
find the sense of this clues and to find Margo; and the last one is when
Quentin finally realizes what the clues mean and, along with some friends, they
start a trip against the clock to find her.
Although the second part is the one with more
mystery, because of the clues, is my least favourite, because it’s the longest
and in some parts is a bit repetitive. And, even though I really like the first
and the last part, if I have to choose I would choose the last one, because it’s
the funniest and the one in which you connect the most with the characters.
So, my conclusion is that if you want to read an
entertaining story that will make you laugh and have a good time, Paper Towns
is a good choice.
I have chosen this song because it's easy to feel identified with it. I think everyone has liked or fallen in love with someone who doesn't like them back, and in my opinion the song describes the feeling very good (exagerating a little bit, of course), because although you know the best is forget him/her you just can't and you would still do anything for him/her, even knowing that he/she doesn't love you. 
