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Book Review of Paper Towns

Paper Towns
Paper Towns
Author: John Green
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
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Part of the reason I didn't love this book is because I read Looking For Alaska (which I loved & gave 5 stars) a couple months ago and this was a pretty similar premise. I loved this book at first and it really drew me in but I found it to be fairly far fetched and unbelievable. I think the odds of Margo being found in real life are zero and I'm sure that's part of the point of the story but I just wasn't buying it. I also found the ending very disappointing. There was this huge climax with the road trip and the near fatal crash and then it just petered out. I'd recommend this for readers who like YA or John Green in general but I didn't find it particularly fulfilling. I do like how the author's books tend to intertwine with an intellectual topic.