A review by archaicgambit
Paper Towns, by John Green

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

An improvement on "Looking For Alaska"'s themes, but still doesn't fully unpack the Manic Pixie Dream Girl quite as much as John Green intends. I always like his lyrical prose and the character's odd hobbies. Margo is potentially non-white, and the protagonist's best friend is black but I wouldn't call it amazingly diverse.

Before I read this my best friend's boyfriend said he had Paper Towns'ed me and fallen for a person who only existed in his head so that was uh. a time.
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