Paper Towns by John Green

Thursday, July 11, 2024--San Antonio

Paper Towns by John Green is a young adult novel.  It's an interesting story that seems to be well written.  It takes place during the last few weeks of the school year for members of the graduating senior class.  A female classmate was best friends with a neighbor boy living across across the street when they were in elementary school, but in high school, he runs with the nerds and she is with the popular crowd.  The boy has always continued to love her although from a distance.  After a night when she involves the boy in a wild plan for revenge against her boyfriend and other close friends, she disappears.  She has disappeared before and left clues, so the story revolves around the boy and his nerd friends trying to find the clues and solve the mystery of where she has gone.  Although it seems realistic, I do find the way that late adolescents think and reason to be frustrating.  At times I wanted to yell at the characters.  But at other times I laughed aloud.  It was an entertaining novel overall.  I gave it 4 stars out of 5.