Paper Towns: Slipcase Edition Kindle Edition

I'll be talking about the overall product quality as well as worthness1 . The book is a soft cover one and is of Good quality the pages are also nicely carved and feels premium2. If u r doubting about the story then do buy this for sure because this book is awesome seriously3. I have original copy too but both this and that original one have the same thing

Arrived within 2 days of orderReally well packed and the story according to me is one of the best romantic novels you gonna find for this decade and it's a must read for teens

Satisfied with the buy. Got it sooner than expected

This is one such a crazy story...I haven't watched the film and just reading the story gave me such an amazing experience...I must say the way the story has be written will make you live in every moment of the story.. you'll feel each and every character, moment..and my favorite is Margo wish I could just escape like her...

This is one book that you should definitely go for.Although slow in the beginning, it picks up pace later and what keeps you going is the mystery and when it is time for the end,you end up realizing that you end up finding something more than what you began to.Good work by John Green.P.S-Don't go for it if you are not really into heavy literature and metaphors and poetry kind of stuff.

The book was delivered on time and the packaging was great. But i found the book boring and couldn't quite grasp the point of the book, otherwise the rest of the things were great.

Such a beautiful story with a beautiful ending. Loved it

excellent use of inanimate objects to link with the living and vice versa.The book is like a adventure which will definitely take you someplace nice both physically as well as mentally.funny thrilling and romantic at the same time.

Genre(s): Romance, Mystery, Young AdultFavourite Quote: "I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel. Young. Goofy. Infinite."***Please note that this review will likely contain spoilers and only reflects my own thoughts and experiences. There is no conflict of interest here.***I'm about eleven years too late to this party but I've heard that this is a must read more times than I be bothered to count, so here we are!I'm no stranger to John Green, having used to watch the VLOG Brothers series on YouTube many eons ago. I've read three of his other titles: Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and The Fault in Our Stars. The latter probably the most well known after the film which was popular with the teens.A lot of Green's book tend to take a similar form, in my opinion, so I go into Paper Towns with the wondering if I will have the same experience or if it will be something fantastically different?Let's break this down shall we?StoryWe start with a death, or the aftermath of a suicide to be more descriptive. We meet our two young, main characters who unwillingly meet said Mr. Recently Deceased and come to terms with the idea of the finality of death.Quick scene change to present day and we live on the shoulder of Quentin; our male protagonist as he's drafted into Margo Roth Speigelman's antics (you will despise this name eventually).We learn that Quentin and Margo haven't actually really spoken much since their duo suicide find as children and for some reason, Margo then chooses this time to pay real attention to Quentin.After their night filled of semi-illegal activities designed to punish anyone and everyone who ever got under her skin, Margo then disappears after this night.The whole story is then revolved around trying to find her by deciphering obnoxiously ridiculous 'clues' apparently left behind. They follow a clue. They failed to find her. They follow another clue. And another. And another. Fail, rinse and repeat.Again and again.I didn't really care if they found Margo or not. The most exciting part of the story for me, was the character development between Quentin, his friends and the 'popular' crowd.SettingSet in Orlando. Mostly Quentin's house and a weird abandoned mall that Margo happened to live in for a bit.Aside from this, we didn't really see a lot more on of typical daily life - however I did enjoy the road trip and really felt like cheering when they left the mundane confines of this town I personally don't know anything about.The paper towns references did take a bit of time to get my head around, but I kind of got it in the end-ish.CharactersMy main issue with all Green's books that I've read, is that the characters are all very same-y. You've got the main protagonist, who's usually a male nerdy figure with some sort of special quirk about him and very smart. Then you've got the female interest who's always the out and out ballsy girl of his dreams who's the total polar opposite and has the moral structure of beating to her own drums. Lastly, you've always got one or two comic relief characters who are the support system, but still throw out one liners and some sort of remark about 'man I need a girl'.There's always a character in one of Green's books that seems to have a serious case of verbal diorrhoea. In which case, it's Margo Roth bloody Spiegelman. That on more than a few occasions, I just wanted her to give me a few minutes of peace to digest the situation.The main flaw for me that I couldn't get past is that Margo really manipulates Quentin's love for her. She's not an idiot. She knows that he will do literally anything for her. So when she appears on his windowsill one night with her ultimate plan, despite having not had a real conversation with him for years, she knows Quentin is the only one who will admire and support her edgy need for having the last word.Equally annoyingly, Quentin holds her in too high of a regard for what she deserves. Margo does not want to be found, she wants people to be in love with the memory of her. When the group manage to track her down eventually and she responds with rude comments to be met with their disappointment at her greeting, I felt like this was the realest point in the story. But no, this quickly changes again to the Margo show. The Margo is so bloody amazing show.My respect for Quentin just disappears really and I find myself wanting to shake him silly and tell him that this romantic idea of his friend, is only an ideal, not the reality.LanguageTypical John Green conversation that involves teenagers/young adults speaking about topics and theoretical philosophy way above their heads for the age group. A little unrealistic.ThemeI don't want to refer to this as a romance because it's Quentin being unwillingly manipulated into thinking Margo is a God or an angel in fleshy form. OK. Maybe not as dramatic, but it very well may be.I would class this as a young adult/coming of age tale.PROS+ Quentin's parents are surprisingly decent+ Two words: black santas+ Radar was the least annoying secondary characterCONS+ Although very intelligent, Quentin is a love sick idiot for following on this crazy chicken chase. Honestly, he deserved better+ Margo Roth Speigelman is a terribly dull character and totally in love with herself. This makes for such a meaningless and annoying ending+ The string of clues were really out of the box and just ridiculous for both a teenager to create and others to even begin to follow!+ The repetitive nature of here's a clue, here's a location, no Margo, next clue. And so on.+ The paper towns was a nice gimmick, but I think fed into the overall story a little weirdlyConclusionPerhaps I'm just not someone who enjoys John Green books, which is a shame because I genuinely like him as a person.The repetition of the overall theme of this book in line with his other titles are as follows: totally unattainable girl. Nerdy main character. Comic relief nerdy friend and some kind of coming of age romance.I really didn't enjoy reading this and it was honestly a slog for me to get to the end. Although this just wasn't the story for me, I acknowledge that it still remains a fairly popular book and film for some others.Overall I award Paper Towns:2 out of 5 magical unicorns 🦄🦄

Review: I think this may be my favourite John Green novel and I am regretting leaving this until so late to read. Sweeping statement I know but I so enjoyed this novel. I felt that the characters were so well developed, I felt a real affinity with them and I can wait to some how they come across on the big screen when I se the film. The storyline of this novel was also seriously gripping,in found myself turning and turning this pages and read it in just two sittings. There is a certain element of mystery about it in some parts but this is most definitely a coming of age novel and something that you will feel yourself as you read John Green's beautiful words!I like the fact that this novel was written from Q's point of view because I really could identify with Q as a character. Yes, I did find myself judging him for his kind of obsessive nature when it came to Margo and the parallel's between his search for Margo and the novel Moby Dick that he is reading in class are really quite accurate but I respected the fact that a he had always been a good student and wanted to remain that way but he was torn between staying that 'ideal student' and following his heart/his friends. I thought the characters of Ben and Radar were seriously funny and I really enjoyed reading about them as much as I did Q! Margo, on the other hand, I wasn't so taken with. I felt she was a little attention seeking almost at the same time as she was trying not to be attention seeking but I thought her character worked really well as the yang to Q's ying!I really liked the fact that this novel was set in Orlando becaus I could picture some of the areas they were talking about and visiting and there have been so many movies that are set in 'upstate New York' that I could picture there too so I really liked the setting of this book. And of course, being written by John Green, there is some beautiful description, no matter where the setting or what the situation the character are in. As far as young adult books go, this can be enjoyed on so many levels that I am sure, no matter what the audience, any reader will be able to get something from this young or more mature. It is definitely a coming of age novel, it is funny and there are some seriously good life observations contained with tin it's pages. I so enjoyed this reading experience and now I can't wait to see the film and see it do justice to this great novel.

I read this book having read and thoroughly enjoyed The Fault in our Stars. Whilst Fault took less than three days to read as I was completely gripped on an emotional journey, this one took a bit more to get into.The start was promising. I enjoyed the sort of coming of age journey that Margo inflicted on the very square Quentin. Watching him develop and grow, which is enjoyable throughout the book, but I wasn't completely convinced as the true plot was introduced. At times I felt I had to endure as I really did want to find out how the story would conclude.However, John Green has proved that yet again he is a very talented and unique writer. He's happy to explore alternatives in story endings, not always one to have a conventional and happy ending. His command of the English language and his story writing technique is a refreshing change and he often provides thought provoking ideas and quotes.Although I started by comparing this book to a former book, I'd say that people should treat it completely different and appreciate, yet again, what a good piece of writing looks like.

I read the book as I knew the film was coming out soon and severely regretted not reading the fault in our stars book before watching the movie.I've heard criticism before that John Greens books tend to be the same unbelievable teenage romances re written. While there might be a slight truth in this there is something a bit clever that keeps me reading (even at 22).What is that "clever" ?....I think the interesting facts, before this I had no idea what a paper town was and had never heard of Walt Whitman. I like the way it says something about society too the way we put up a facade and rarely let people see through the cracks to really know us.I've also heard it said the endings disappointing. I felt the opposite the ending stopped it just being a teenage romance and gave it a twist. Life's complex and sometimes when you do find someone to see through the cracks you can't always stay together.

I am in a complete John Green bubble at the moment after the release of The Fault in Our Stars trailer all I want to do is watch his vlogs and read his books and cry over them. I was a bit apprehensive about Paper Towns at first because The Fault in Our Stars was so incredibly emotional I didn’t want to be let down by his other books not moving me as much as that one did. But then I figured there’s no point comparing his books to each other because they’re all different and although Paper Towns isn’t sad, it still demonstrates John Green’s outstanding abilities to capture and connect with the thoughts of his young readers. He is a literary genius and can open up the minds of young adults (and older adults alike) into the most bizarre and beautiful of worlds and gets you thinking and contemplating things you’d never even thought of before. Paper Towns is about a boy called Quentin, Q for short, who is in love with his classmate and neighbour, Margo. She turns up at his window one night and takes him on a all-night road trip where she gets revenge on her classmates. The next day she doesn’t turn up for school but with a history of running away out of the blue this seems fairly normal. Until Q starts finding clues she’s left for him and sets out to try and find her. After being led into abandoned buildings and down dead ends, he finally gets one solid lead on where she might be so along with 3 friends they embark on a 2 day road-trip where they find out a lot about themselves and each other but the main question is, will they find Margo?I loved the storyline and the normality of it all at first. Just a boy who’s in love with a girl, a couple of goofy best friends and the general banter boys that age have but then John leads us down a completely different path of both normal and abnormal. The book was structured in 3 parts; Part 1: The Strings. Which occurred before Margo went missing. This is the chapter where she takes Q on the all-night road trip and where you learn a lot about Margo. Part 2: The Grass. This is where she’s gone missing and when Q and his friends have found the clues she left. The final part is called The Vessel and this section is set out in hours e.g. hour 1, hour 2 and this is the final part of their journey. It was an unusual set-up but I loved it and each section focuses on a different theme and you see Q change throughout. Q was a great main character. He was dorky and sweet and the kind of boy you’d want to be friends with. I found myself picturing Logan Lerman in my head as Q because I felt he had some of the same traits as Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower but he was a lot more sociable and confident. Margo was such a dominant character but she wasn’t even physically present in about 75% of the book. I loved that even though she wasn’t there, the whole story and everything in it revolved around her.John Green really gets it down to a T, the way in which some young people think and talk, their dreams and desires and the way they see the world. John’s work has been criticised for the way in which the young characters in his books think isn’t realistic and they don’t actually think these things but they do, because I do and although not all young people may feel the same and may not think the same I completely understand Q’s thought process, John’s narrative and Margo’s need and desire to run away. I absolutely loved the whole, ‘paper towns’ idea but when you really think about it, it’s absolutely right. It definitely varies throughout the book but the literal meaning of a paper town is when mapmakers will insert fake places (called paper towns) onto their maps to make sure no one is copying their maps but it’s the thought of creating something that other people want to make real, which resembles Margo and Qs perception of Margo in the book. This book very much relies on hidden meanings but when you get to the bottom of those meanings, it’s beautiful. I always find it so difficult to review John Green’s books and worry that I’m not doing them the justice they deserve but this book was outstanding. I truly could not put it down and the whole idea, the characters, the story was perfect in every way possible. It was full of memorable and relatable quotes and John really makes you look at things completely differently. He is slowly becoming one of my upmost favourite authors and I could read and live in the stories he creates forever.Find all my reviews here:[...]