Paper Towns By: John Green

  Author: John Green

   Published by: Dutton Books

   

  Released: October 16, 2008

  Official synopsis: "Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spliegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life-dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-he follows. 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. But Q soon learns that there are clues-and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew..."

   My Review: At the beginning of the book we hear from Quentin (the main character) about this awesome, beautiful, kick butt girl named Margo; who Quentin has always had a crush on.  One night she knocks on his window and takes him with her to get revenge on some kids from their school. After an awesome night of revenge Q expects things to be completely different with Margo and him at school. But there is one problem with that, Margo isn't at school the next day. The whole book is about Q and his friends trying to find Margo and learning she is not the girl they thought she was. 

 I enjoyed reading this book; however I thought it took a little bit to long to get to the climax of the story, It felt very slow in the beginning and middle. The exposition was written extremely well. I could visualize where the characters were, and had a good idea of the characters looks and personalities. The character development was okay. Q changed a lot, but Margo really didn't change; we just got to find out more about her and her life before she went missing. Overall I liked this book and the lesson it teaches makes up for some of the flaws. I recommend this book if you want a quick mystery read!

  I give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars