It’s difficult to think critically about a book like This Star Won’t Go Out, because it was clearly put together with lots of love by the grieving friends and family of a charming, precocious, and kind sixteen-year-old girl who died from complications with thyroid cancer. So instead I’ll try to give you an idea what it’s like. The book revolves around Ester Earl, who was about as lovely as any fictional book heroine you could imagine. She was funny, thoughtful, self-depricating, creative, kind, friendly, uncomplaining, […]
pAper TownS
“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman discovered a dead body when they were nine, after that last adventure their friendship fizzled and Q was reduced to worshiping Margo from afar. A month before high school graduation Margo cracks open a window and (literally) climbs back into his life for a night of revenge. The next day Margo isn’t at school, she has run away before and always left clues- this time […]
looking for alaska
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” I have a John Green problem. Actually, badkittyuno and I have a John Green problem. Green is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors considering I hadn’t heard of him prior to this year. I think I liked Alaska as much as I did because I read it after the distinctly disappointing An Abundance of Katherine’s. Miles is leaving home for boarding school to escape the bullies and his lack of friends. At Culver […]
Paper Towns by John Green
“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” Second best John Green book so far, and one of the best books I’ve read this year. Considering that it’s only April, John Green has forced me to set my standards high. That rocks. Like in many of his other novels, Paper Towns is about a boy (Quentin Jacobsen) who loves a girl (Margo Roth Spiegelman–what a name). What I LOVED about this one, is that as the book goes on, Quentin realizes […]
Paper Towns and Paper Girls: Manic Pixie Ideals Hurt Everyone
I bought Paper Towns by John Green because I’m mildly obsessed with him and I loved The Fault in Our Stars. I very unfairly thought I’d be a little disappointed by Paper Towns because I was aware of my high expectations, but I was wrong. It’s fantastic. The Fault in Our Stars is about losing someone you love totally unfairly to cancer. Paper Towns is about losing someone you love out of the blue, not knowing what happened to her, and slowly figuring out that […]
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
“Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself—if they could live in my memories—would anyone, anyone, love me?” Meh. Not that great, but not horrible. You have to concede to the Katherine thing, even though it’s silly, or don’t even bother trying to read this one. Colin’s dated 19 Katherines. He will eventually explain every one of them to […]
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