Sunday, March 16, 2014

Paper Towns - John Green
Part One

I have read other John Green books before, my first was eighth grade and it was Looking for Alaska. Tears were no stranger to that book, it was one of my favorites at the time. But now reading some of his books lately and I can sense the "geeky nerd falls in love with the pretty girl, but you know how the good guy never wins right?" This is something I have noticed with all his writing, it has a pattern. 

Yet I have always just sucked it up and read them anyways. So far Paper Towns is about a nerdy kid Quentin Jacobson who has the same group of friends in high school and the girl next dour, Margo Roth Spiegelman. So far he goes to tell how they were the best of friends as kids and the event of coming across a dead body, which gives them a bond no one could understand. As they got into high school they grew apart (typical) and he is madly in love with her, in hot Orlando, Florida.

Here in the first couple chapters she breaks into Quentin's room and ask him for a favor, he continues to follow her and they take his parents car in the middle of the night. She claims there are eleven parts to her plan of revenge. This night consist of him going out side of his comfort zone to break some rules, and have some fun. Giving him a list of instructions to get things from the store and the times and directions to get to each different place.They break into people's homes, leave fish in people's cars and drags along him as she goes. All because her boyfriend cheated on her with her best friend, granted any girl would do the same thing...

So far its really interesting and kind of funny, I can dig her badass attitude about everything. Something I could't take on like she could. Just wanting the boy to stand up for himself, but we shall see! 

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