Showing posts with label coming of age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coming of age. Show all posts

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Review of Paper Towns by John Green

Rating - 4
Young Adult

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back 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 of the girl he thought he knew. (Amazon desc.)
Green is a master at exploring the character of teens as they search for adulthood. "Q" is a great character and his friendship with Radar and Ben is spot on. I found myself laughing out loud in several places. This is a very satisfying, enjoyable look into the lives of teenagers on the brink of adulthood.