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Paper Towns by John Green
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I had really hoped a day would be enough to let me sort out my feelings about this book, instead they just seem to be more. More frustration with the jerk, Ben Starling; feeling more invisible to the vast majority of teen boys and men, angrier at the ending that undid so much of what the middle of the book promised.
“Yeah,” I said, thinking that the easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve. — John Green, Paper Towns
I devoured this book after the first couple chapters. The mystery was perfect and fed out at the perfect intensity. I read over 300 pages in a matter of hours yesterday, something unlike me since July of Pandemic Year 1. I’m just not into physical books lately, and this reminded me how much I can love them.
But as interesting as I found the story, reading “honeybunnies” over and over and being so caught up in a manic pixie dream girl story that seemed to realize it was a manic pixie dream girl story, only to double down on the truly manic part of the trope… it was rough. I…
