Paper Towns

It isn't often that I find recommendations for books on Twitter. But when I do, I don't usually buy the book or even add it to my “want to read” list. But this time around, when I was randomly browsing through my Twitter timeline, I came across this book recommendation from one of my followers. The title sounded interesting; Paper Towns by John Green had me hooked by the time I was ready to head to bed.

The story starts off on a very weird note. It's only further on in the tale that you realise that the narrator was talking about a time in the future, a part of the story that had yet to happen.

As an avid reader, I keep no hopes on books when I start to read them. I just pick up a book and plough on relentlessly. I'd never read a book from the author before, so the characters were completely new and fresh to me.

Unlike other mystery stories, Paper Towns didn't seem to be predictable. It had me guessing till the end what exactly was going to happen, and I'm not ashamed to say that I got all the guesses wrong. I'm drawn to emotional stories (but not exactly romance) such as “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield” and this story pretty much struck a chord with me too.

Margo as a character reminded me of another of my favourite fictional characters - Jesus of Suburbia from the punk rock opera “American Idiot” by Green Day.

It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.