A review by rebyz92
Città di carta by John Green
4.0
I'm pretty sure this book is something of a stand alone experience for me. I have loved it so far as 89% through and then, despite myself I hated it. Still it's remarkable when a single story can make you go through two of the strongest emotions there are.
spoilers below
I didn't think about the possibility of a happy ending for Q in terms of love. I get that Margo isn't a miracle, so I perfectly understood what John Green intended to do here. I don't particularly like Margo, even though I'm unable to dislike her bravery and her general allure or her drive for inspiration, her unapologetic attitude and the fact that she's batshit crazy makes her the last person I'd want to be. Putting everyone in despair and being so cryptical with the "reassurance clues" I don't know.
I love the way John Green explains through her words though it took a bit to sink in that we are no more than what people see in us and most of us can't escape that and those who try to are forgotten. I don't even know who Margo is really, to me she's a thousand reflections on a thousand shattered pieces of a mirror. Only one person dug deep enough into her mystery to physically find her but at the end even him misread her entirely.
So in terms of reading experience it's perfect for a binging marathon and then it just goes downhill from the halt moment to the end. I know that this book probably fed me a bitter medicine thay I didn't think I needed before, so that's why I cannot fully appreciate the ending, but it's just me.
"What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person"
Thank you John Green, I guess
spoilers below
I didn't think about the possibility of a happy ending for Q in terms of love. I get that Margo isn't a miracle, so I perfectly understood what John Green intended to do here. I don't particularly like Margo, even though I'm unable to dislike her bravery and her general allure or her drive for inspiration, her unapologetic attitude and the fact that she's batshit crazy makes her the last person I'd want to be. Putting everyone in despair and being so cryptical with the "reassurance clues" I don't know.
I love the way John Green explains through her words though it took a bit to sink in that we are no more than what people see in us and most of us can't escape that and those who try to are forgotten. I don't even know who Margo is really, to me she's a thousand reflections on a thousand shattered pieces of a mirror. Only one person dug deep enough into her mystery to physically find her but at the end even him misread her entirely.
So in terms of reading experience it's perfect for a binging marathon and then it just goes downhill from the halt moment to the end. I know that this book probably fed me a bitter medicine thay I didn't think I needed before, so that's why I cannot fully appreciate the ending, but it's just me.
"What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person"
Thank you John Green, I guess