Review #1 Paper Towns by John Green (Spoiler warning)

Hullo :)

This is the first 'installment' of my review series, in which I go through the lesser known books in my 'library' and review them, this first book is relatively lesser known to people who aren't fans of the Vlogbrothers, but if you are, then you should know this book, it's Paper Towns, by John Green, and this review may have Spoilers, so, be careful, if you wanna read it, go read it, and then come back.

Paper Towns is John's 3rd solo book, they are all stand alones so there's no need to read the other 2 before you read this one. The book talks about imagining others complexly, with some banter, some jokes, some pranks and a very detailed character backstory, right the way through until a road trip scene which takes up most of the latter half of the book.

The story focuses on 4 main characters, all of whom are friends and go to the same school together, they could all be considered protagonists, but the main two are Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman, who spend a lot of time together in the introductory chapters, they go on a pranking spree, something that Margo loves doing, and Q is a little rusty on, shall we say. The story progresses through their last year of highschool, with last year high schoolers getting up to stereotypical antics, until suddenly Margo disappears, leaving cryptic clues of her whereabouts, forcing Q and the others to go on a hunt around America to find her, with time running out they resort to a road trip, with calculated stops, and driver swaps and such (spoilers) They get to Margo with just the last bit of time left, whilst she was in the hideaway that she was staying in, when she decided to run from home.

This story is a really good YA read, it's funny, it's sad, it's all around fun, very well written, with great character interactions, a very good storyline and all in all a great atmosphere, would highly recommend reading this, although it would help if you are at least over 13, as some of the topics aren't for those under 13, if you are, ask for parental permission and I'm sure you'll be allowed to read it, it's a very good book

-Craig