Where do I even start? The amount of thought and planning that must’ve gone into this book to make it as good as it is, is actually incredible. This book, if you’re not aware yet is being released as a film later on next month, it looked pretty darn good so I wanted to read it before I watched the film. So I just finished reading Paper Towns by John Green, I thought since the last book I did a review on here was The Fault in Our Stars which is also by John Green, I thought why not do another one by this amazing author. Things have been pretty hectic, I barely have time to sleep, let alone to blog. Much of it is spent in searching for the 'lost', a liberating process that frees its seekers from every question that unfolds in the wake of a previous other, but the 'found', though never really answers any of the previous questions, will deliver a surprisingly satisfying, and never less of a rewarding, answer.Yes, I’m aware that it’s been almost a year that I’ve done a post, please don’t shoot me.
PAPER TOWNS will come across as a witty, yet touching case of a 'lost and found'. This doesn't mean it's able to satisfy its own queries, but the resolution delivered are nonetheless, reliable and honest. Hardly that the questions thrown get resolved, but the charming and sincere take of its proceedings, will ultimately make the narrative arrive to a satisfying conclusion. "Q"'s road trip in finding Margo represents a bigger journey with far wider scope and meaning, and it comes across as a process of personal exploration that unknowingly liberates one self, toward finding the deeper sense of their existence. It will also sound unforgivable to never pay regard to the film's brilliant screenwriters who manage to cleverly highlight this extremely familiar highschool tale's stronger and more relatable sentiments, genuinely and sincerely enough, to bend fragile emotions with crippling capacity. The credit for this goes to its equally-charming yet capable actors, both of whom teeming with fresh and enigmatic likability. The latter of which, yields a more tangible and heartwarming result, capable of conjuring a lasting tug at the heartstrings. Mining on the same overly familiar material that dwells on both coming-of-age and teenage romance territories, PAPER TOWNS pulls off two easily-recognizable efforts: maintaining 'The Fault's charm, while toning down its tragic notions. But the levitating moment would only last overnight, because the next day, the ever mystifying Margo, disappears.
The next events follow an eager "Q" savoring the moment as he escorts Margo in her series of "small revenge" against those she thinks have betrayed her, including her ex-boyfriend. Even after when they turn 12, when Margo suddenly becomes distant, "Q" never loses the affection, and it only becomes even stronger when one day she climbs again to his window, the way she did when they were still kids. The film follows Quentin (Nat Wolff), or "Q" as he is more popularly called, a highschool boy who has been nursing an unrequited love for the girl living next door, Margo (Cara Delevigne) since childhood. Coming on the heels of its commercially-successful predecessor, 'The Fault in Our Stars', PAPER TOWNS is no heavy tearjerker, but it echoes more affectionate and piercing sentiments, with its lighter, minimalist take of its recognizable subjects.