Paper Towns by John Green

Synopsis: Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. 

But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery - culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for.

First Impressions: John Green is one of my favourite authors so I had quite a high expectations for this book. I wasn't disappointed at all. But having said that, I wouldn't say I was blown away either. I think this would be my second favourite book of his out of the three I have read so far. I thought the characters were very relatable, realistic and fun. This is one of the few books I have read that are from a boy's perspective, which made the book even more interesting for me. At the beginning I was a bit scared that this book was going to be a bit boring, but I was wrong. There isn't that much action, but I thought that it was extremely addicting, it was like a mystery to find out where Margo had disappeared to. This is a must read book for contemporary lovers and John Green fans. I can't wait to see the movie!

My Rating:
4/5 stars. A great contemporary book, ideal for getting out of a reading slump.

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My thoughts: First of all, I would like to discuss the night where Margo takes Q on the all-night revenge trip. I thought this was extremely fun and exciting to read about, I had never really seen anything like it in a book. It was funny to see how Margo took revenge on her former friends.

I finished this book about one and a week and a half ago, but I still can't decide on whether I like Margo's character or not. I thought it was kind of selfish of her to not tell Quentin where she was going. It would have avoided so much fuss, but on the other side Q would have followed her anyway or pleaded her to stay.

I really liked Q's relationships with his friends, I thought they where really funny together.  I thought that Radar's parents collected Black Santa's really funny and unique.

The end road trip I found was quite exciting. I couldn't stop reading until I had finished the book. I was a bit disappointed by the ending of the book. You had all of this build up to them finding Margo, and when Q finally does, they don't even end up together anyway. But I guess not all relationships turn out as we want them too. 

Other than this, I can't really find anything else to talk about. I am definitely going to see the movie, and if it turns out like The Fault In Our Stars, I'm sure it will be amazing!