The Book
I was looking forward to reading this after so enjoying John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, but sadly this does not compare. The Fault in Our Stars appealed to all ages because although the characters were young adults, it contained philosophical and thought-provoking passages about mortality and life that everyone thinks about. Paper Towns has no interesting snippets or quirky asides but is a novel about fitting in, something that every teenager ruminates over and comes up against - the pecking order and cliques in high school, becoming an individual in your own right and conforming with society. As an adult, this has either been embraced or reluctantly accepted.
Quentin Jacobsen was best friends with Margo Roth Spiegelman before high school, but peer pressures mean that cool girl Margo can't be seen to hang out with geek Quentin as they get older. One night, however, she appears at his window and encourages him to drive her out around late night Orlando to dispense revenge on her two-timing boyfriend and her friends.
