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bearystarry's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The ending is beautiful, I love the sentiment and the prose. Unfortunately in the rest of the book the characters are insufferable and disappointingly typically-2008 teenagers using ableist and homophobic slurs every third paragraph.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism and Vomit
joseph_al's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Alcohol
who_are_you77's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Suicide
yoyoflu2's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
The main plot is very good and intriguing, but the romantic subplot of the main characters could have easily been platonic and still captivating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Contains several uses of the f-slur and r-slur in multiple chaptersemileemaree's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Car accident
Minor: Body shaming
ffrogie_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
although it kinda put me in a reading slump thats not a for a bad reason !! it’s because whenever i picked this book up i never wanted to put it down <3 i love q, margo, radar, ben and lacey smm they are awesome and im gonna miss this book <3
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
rugbygirlreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
sabalicious's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
☆ One of the most fun coming-of-age stories that I've read in a while ☆
The style is humorous and engaging throughout. Quentin's view of the world and his ability to describe the shenanigans that high school years have brought him is entertaining. Coupled with the characterization of his amusing friends this was swift and fun read.
I enjoyed the message of the story the most. Quentin's, dare I say, obsession with chasing Margo and finding her is not as satisfying as we hope it would be. I think this is a message that, if we continue to chase the idea of a person without truly knowing them or seeing them for who they are, we will be as equally disappointed.
The style is humorous and engaging throughout. Quentin's view of the world and his ability to describe the shenanigans that high school years have brought him is entertaining. Coupled with the characterization of his amusing friends this was swift and fun read.
Noteworthy Trigger Warnings
P.S. Description of a corpse at the beginning, but nothing overly inappropriate. There are mentions of underage drinking and sexual references as expected from a coming-of-age-story.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Alcohol
maetaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I’ve heard a lot about it over the years but never read it, or seen the movie, and decided it was time to give it a read. I’d seen some vague spoilers here and there and knew the basic plot, so I sort of knew what I was getting myself into. Overall, I enjoyed Paper Towns. It was a relatively quick read and I found the characters interesting enough to want to keep going. I will say, I don’t think this book aged well. There’s quite a few controversial and offensive words used that I was surprised to hear. My main complaint is that towards the end, the characters blatantly tell the reader what the moral of the story is, which I didn’t like. I wish it had been more of a “show don’t tell” situation. The ending is also a little underwhelming, but I did already know this based on previous spoilers. But overall I’d recommend this book to any John Green fan. If you liked any of his other books, you’ll probably also like this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Suicide