It’s funny, mysterious, and deep, and as a result, it appeals to several different literary preferences that you may have all at once. The story is truly moving and the messages are so powerful. It is incredibly well written and enjoyable, and the characters are remarkably loveable and real. I wholeheartedly recommend the book Paper Towns. “What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person” Green says in the novel, and he is correct. They aren’t made of paper, they can’t be folded into shapes and colored in just the way you want them to be. However, they aren’t anything more, and they are no less human than you. But people are realer than that, and though it’s too easy to think of someone as something ‘more’ or ‘better’, as a result of the fact that we can never be someone else, feel what someone else is feeling, or see what someone else sees.
They have dimensions, and people have the tendency to make others fit this image that they have for them in their heads. In addition, he’s a superb stylist, with a voice perfectly matched to his amusing, illuminating material.John Green’s purpose for writing Paper towns was to show that people often mis-imagine, and as a result dehumanize those that they have romantic feelings for, or those they admire, and that these fantasies are incorrect. That he brings it off is testimony to the fact that he is not only clever and wonderfully witty but also deeply thoughtful and insightful. Yet, if anything, the thematic stakes are higher here, as Green ponders the interconnectedness of imagination and perception, of mirrors and windows, of illusion and reality. He nails it–exactly how a thing feels, looks, affects–page after page.” - JOHANNA LEWIS, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW ★ “A suspenseful mystery, a compelling central metaphor, and one of those road trips that every senior hopes he or she will have round out this exploration of the kind of relationship that can’t help but teach us a little bit about ourselves.” - BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, STARRED REVIEW “A powerfully great read.” - VOYA ★“There are echoes of Green’s award-winning Looking for Alaska (2005): a lovely, eccentric girl a mystery that begs to be solved by clever, quirky teens and telling quotations (from Leaves of Grass, this time) beautifully integrated into the plot. Reviews ★ “Green’s prose is astounding - from hilarious, hyperintellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observation and truths. If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the FAQ for much, much more information on the book. You can buy Paper Towns from your favorite retailer via the Penguin portal.
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The movie adaptation of Paper Towns was released in Summer 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and directed by Jake Schreier.
It is taught in many high school and college curricular, often in conjunction with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, which is an important text within the novel. Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.
But Q soon learns that there are clues–and they’re for him. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge–he follows. Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar.