Book Review: Paper Towns

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew…

This is the first book I read this year – Paper Towns by John Green. After reading The Fault In Our Stars, I wanted to read this book to see if it was just as good. It was written just as well but… it wasn’t just as good.

Paper Towns could have easily been renamed “Finding Margo Roth Spiegelman”. That’s basically what the entire book is about. The book had a somewhat captivating start and this increased and peaked to the point where Margo leaves. After that the excitement started to decrease then it eventually leveled off.

Despite that, it was still an interesting book. Not one you race through because it’s so entertaining and fast-paced and you just have to know what happens next. It’s more one of those books you read when you are relaxing and enjoying the act of reading.

What I learnt from Paper Towns

This was one of the most interesting things to me:

Copyright traps have featured in mapmaking for centuries. Cartographers create fictional landmarks, streets, and municipalities and place them obscurely into their maps. If the fictional entry is found on another cartographer’s map, it becomes clear a map has been plagiarized. Copyright traps are also sometimes known as key traps, paper streets, and paper towns.

Favourite Quotes

“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.”

“I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.”

I would recommend this book to:

• Persons who like Young Adult Fiction
• John Green fans
• Anyone who is looking for a relaxing read
• Poetry fans, perhaps

My overall rating:
Liked it – 3 out of 5 stars