Another John Green book. I've read his piece (The Fault in
Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Abundance of Katherine) and I must say that his
writing style is pretty rough but completely relatable. This book has been in my to-read list for so
long and I read it last month. Last Month? June-July. So, okay, let's rant.
(I forgot to write about Sputnik Sweetheart. I read it earlier before PT btw.)
(I forgot to write about Sputnik Sweetheart. I read it earlier before PT btw.)
So, the movie of this book is released on August with Cara
Delevinge as the main character. She's well-rounded model with witty
personality. Her instagram screams so much women power that I cant stop liking
her posts.
Anyway, the story is written from Quentin's view. Quentin is
a high-schooler with Ben and Radar as his troop. Quentin is an only child with
psychologist parents. The background is nearing high school graduation when
everyone is busy looking for Prom partner. Quentin is going solo since his
crush has boyfriend and he doesnt want to go with anyone else. Quentin lives in
a fictional subdivision called Jefferson Park, Orlando, Florida (from
Wikipedia). He has crush with his neighbor, Margo Spiegelman, since they were
little kids, one-sided crush. Is it a crush, it lasted for years tho. Well, is
it love?
Paper Town stands for unbuilt subdivision and copyright town
that appear on maps but doesnt exist. Quentin is trapped into mischievous plan
by Margo. It turns out that Margo's boyfriend cheats on her with her other
friend. It's not the usual high school love & prom party. Margo has unique
way of thinking. She's driven to break out from her parents' restriction. She likes
exploring new places and her parents don’t quit grasp what she really wants and
then one day she just ‘poof’ going off somewhere. She leaves clue for Quentin
and Quentin does everything he can to find her. It leads him to re-think about
who Margo really is. He doesn’t think about the consequences but in the same
time he thinks too much.
What I like about Margo is that whatever come to her mind,
all her confused feeling, what she desires, what her parents want; she process
it all and come to one conclusion: what she want matters the most. She preparse
everything and takes her wandering soul into places with every ounce of her
hot-bloodedness.
Plus she carry her journal everywhere. She write stories and
plan things. Sounds like fun. My kind of fun.
My favorite quote:
Human lacks of good mirrors. It’s so hard for anyone to show us how we look an so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.
When you’re older, you start to see them—the bad kids and the good kids and all kids—as people. They’re just people, who deserve to be cared for. Varying degrees of sick, varying degrees of neurotic, variety degrees of self-actualized.
You keep expecting people not to be themselves.
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