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Sugar Magazine Review: Paper Towns

Paper Towns is the story of nerdy-but-cute Quentin Jacobsen and his search for his missing super-hot and totally mysterious neighbour, Margo Roth Spiegelman. After one amazing night of spray painting houses and fox trotting at Sea World, Margo vanishes, leaving “Q” clues to find her. With the help of his geeky best mates, Ben and Radar, and Margo’s best girl pal, the super-mega-foxy-awesome-hot Lacey Pemberton, they go on an epic adventure, discovering the truth behind Margo. This novel, by the adorable American author John Green, is a hilarious, deep and crazy adventure into the mind of a boy searching for his true love. John Green tells the story of every nerd-guys dreams and with countless twist and turns, he will have you ROFL-ing and sobbing on every page. And with the omg-too-hot-for-actual-words Margo and Lacey, Even guys will love it. This book is un-put-down-able, a must read.

Times Newspaper Review: Paper Towns

Paper Towns is the story of intelligent teenager, Quentin Jacobsen, and his search into the mind of his beautiful, mysterious and enigmatic neighbour, Margo Roth Spiegelman. After a night that culminates with a midnight, Sea World fox trot, Margo vanishes, leaving Quentin a bread-crumb trail to find her. With the help of his friends, Quentin’s search for Margo leads him deep into her mind, leaving him to question everything he thought he knew. Humour mingled with the deep is the driving force behind this novel, which has been inappropriately pigeon-holed as a romantic-comedy. It is so much more than just the story of boy meets girl, it is a profound, meaningful rollercoaster that will change your perspective on appearances forever. Printz-award winning author John Green writes superbly for his young adult audience, covering topics that many authors with an adult audience would not dare with humour, emotional honesty and, when required, a deeply intellectual outlook on the world. He does not write down to his audience as many young writers do, instead he speaks to them as equals. This novel will appeal to both genders, with the male protagonist allowing women into the mind of a teenager. A truly amazing novel.