Paper Towns

Paper Towns by John Green

Published- 19th May 2015
Publisher- Penguin Books
Pages- 336 pages (paperback)

Who is the real Margo Roth Spiegelman and why has she suddenly disappeared? Will Quentin be able to find her and is she still alive? Does she even want to be found? How can you find someone who doesn't really want to be found?

This was a good novel once again by John Green. However, having only read 2 of his novels so far I did enjoy The Fault In Our Stars a lot more than this novel. There were not as many funny moments in this novel as there were in TFIOS. However, I did enjoy reading the road trip parts in this novel as it is good to see what everyone does on a road trip and how they get along with each other being stuck in a car for 20 or more hours. 

Quentin was a great main character as he just wanted to find out what had happened to Margo and find out if she was alive or not. He had a great relationship with his 2 best friends Radar and Ben. I also liked Lacey as, even though Margo did a prank on her, she still cared enough about Margo to go on the road trip to try to find out if she was alive and well. It was funny reading about Radar's parents black Santa collection their house. 

The writing was great and flowed really well throughout the whole novel. It was an easy read and I got through it all quite quickly as it was also quite a short novel. Therefore some of the chapters were quite short. However, in the copy I own some words were missed out which meant that some sentences didn't entirely make sense, but that was probably just a printing error. I love the way John Green writes as he always puts description into everything he writes about, such as when he is describing a place or a building. 

The film was quite different to the book. For example, the part where they start singing Pokemon in the mini-mall was an improvised scene so that was not in the book. Also, Angela does not go on the road trip with them. Lastly, in the film they went on the road trip then raced back for prom, but in the book they had already had prom and left during their graduation ceremony. I love in the film where Lacey says she is a Charizard girl after the boys have finished singing Pokemon. 

Overall, this was a really good, easy, quick read. I give this novel 3.5-4/5 stars. If you want a quick read and you loved the film then definitely give this novel a read. Or just give it a read if you love John Green's other novels. I shall be reading more of his novels in the future.

                      Rating 4/5