Paper Towns By John Green.

I feel here that I might repeat my words, which I stored in my review about Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

I firstly should mention the flaws first, because I feel they would probably stick out the most in my mind until I note them down.

Upon beginning the story and being introduced to the characters, I thought to myself that Green’s writing style is very repetitive; not to mention, I found Q and Margo, mimicked Alaska and Miles personality. (as well as their relationship.)

Miles is very intelligent, incredibly quirky, as well as thoughtful and is determined to grasp life to the best of its abilities. Not to mention he is infatuated with the women that is Alaska, whom is unattainable, unpredictable, surprising and also feels too much as well as not showing her true self.

I find that the above description is rather accurate and if I wish, all I would have to do is replace Miles’s name with Quentin and Alaska’s with Margo.

One of my favourite things about reading books is that I am introduced to new people and I love learning their quirks and individual qualities, which makes them stand out, but due to these characters mirroring others in his previous books, I felt I could only be fond of the plot.

‘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...’

The following blurb was placed on good reads and I found it to be rather accurate when thinking over the book as a whole.

I feel I should mention that I find it quite horrific to see that many authors have a tendency to write females fairly weak, not to mention they’re deemed the damsel in distress and their main goal through the story is to be saved. However, I find this book to be rather similar, not exact but very similar.

Although the outcome is very different, I find it to be a little uncomforting considering this is all the book has turned out to be: Q initially pining over a women, who he spent one night with, to then go on a search for her.

I find it quite demeaning that after one night Q is suddenly obsessed with locating Margo; he went to such an extraordinary extent and I feel it’s such a false expectation to hold, despite the over all meaning being that we as humans sometime apply false personalities to the people we have in our life.

Secondly, I feel that Margo was an interesting character; I wouldn’t say I particularly liked her because sometimes, I found her to be quite arrogant and just a little annoying. The only reason why we are particularly introduced to Margo is because Q’s fondness for her, yet if the description of there past events wasn’t introduced but, her one odd night remained, I’d find no reason for Margo to even be in the book.

I know overall it doesn’t seem I enjoyed this book but the advantage is that John is a very good writer and I find it comforting that images are created so easily in my mind.

One of my favourite things about him is that although his writing style is repetitive and his use of characters repeat themselves dramatically, Green seems to be the only author to write them in that style, which I find extraordinary.

I don’t think I would re-read this again as this doesn’t stand out for me at all, but little enjoyment was achieved nevertheless.