Paper Towns
John Green

I just want to say here the John Green is a really good writer
All his books have young adults as the central characters but the plots are generally tightly written and characters are well developed.
This book is no exception. It’s the end of high school, the hero, Q, is persuaded by his cool neighbour, Margo Roth Spiegelman, to assist her to carry out several acts of revenge. Then she disappears. Q then spends the rest of the book searching for her assisted by several of his friends. And at the end he is faced with making a choice and losing his friend and lifetime love. It felt real.




An Abundance of Katherines
John Green

Another great book this time about a nerdy prodigy who goes on a road trip with his best friend and ends up in rural America and discovers there is more to relationships than just Katherines. I like the theorem about being dumped and I liked the footnotes. And I really liked his insight at the end about how important stories are and “there’s a place in the brain for knowing what cannot be remembered”. Very funny as well.

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