Monday, April 8, 2019
Paper Towns
For my third quarter SSR book I read Paper Towns. Paper Towns is a romantic, young adult novel written by John Green. I would say yes, this book will be read in 100 years because more famously known John Green is also the author of The Fault In Our Stars, so I would guess people would like to read his other novels. However, I believe the story it self is very interesting and relatable to teens. For example, Margo is a senior in high school on the verge of graduating; who doesn't want to follow the expectations and assumptions everyone has of her. Therefore, she runs away to a place where she can live life how she wants to live without the worry of meeting others' expectations. This is a conflict many teens have and will continue to have 100 years from now, so this story will not go out of date as long as society constantly stereotypes people. Throughout the novel, I felt like I was in Margo's shoes even though the story follows Quentin, her childhood friend, in his search for her. Reading the novel, in a way let me live a wish of mine to get up and leave everyone's opinions, expectations, and assumptions of me, which I enjoyed very much. Also, the novel wasn't the cliche love story I was expecting, but in fact one of the few novels that had kept me on my feet. Therefore, people 100 years from now will enjoy the novel since it isn't a spin off of "Romeo and Juliet" or follow the same storyline as a damsel in distress. Overall, Paper Towns was very unique and not like every other love story but rather focused more on suspense and character development, which I wasn't expecting.
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This book seems to be your normal and average book but the way you discussed how the author was able to create a unique love story, one that's not cliche, is interesting to me. John Green's, "The Fault In Our Stars" had thousands reading the book and I can believe that if such a popular book was read then they would read more writing of his, like Paper Towns. Character development is huge in romantic type novels and I'm glad you noticed the touches Green put into the book when writing it. Overall it seems like a unique and enjoyable book to read that 100 years from now people would still love to read it.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you saying that it will be read 100 years from now. Mostly, because I agree with how you said that it is very relatable to teens. People love to read stories that they can see themselves in, and this book is no exception (like The Fault in our Stars)
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