Wednesday, August 4, 2010

I feel like a paper girl.

Hi!

So today for BEDA I'm going to write about Paper Towns. I finished rereading it and it proved to be incredibly better than it was the first time I read it, which is definitely saying something because I loved it the first time. I was going to write about school today because today is the last day of school, but I can always write about summer. I must write about Paper Towns. Now.

Paper Towns is truly amazing. It is anything I could have ever hoped for in a book. It is intricate and witty and funny, but more than that it is almost life-changing. The details in the book are so precise and so important. In the end of the book, everything is understood. Why Margo did what she did. What Q was always thinking. What was misunderstood on both ends. There really are two opposite sides of the story and it is so "BANG." (Does that make sense?) I'm not really good at writing reviews. It is so hard how to explain what I'm feeling with this book.

In the last few pages of the book all the metaphors come up. The Strings. The Grass. The Vessels. These metaphors are so, so incredible. They make complete sense and are true for everyone. And the feeling the reader experiences in the end just captures them. I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. I guess what I'm saying is this book can be confusing but it will eventually all make sense. I had to read it twice to fully understand it and it's not even THAT confusing. Then again, I did read it a long time ago.

There are so many quotes in that book that I am in love with. Everything about the paper girl in the paper town. About living another person's life. About Q not being able to live Margo's life. About his pain. About her sorrow. About their separate lives twining together yet still saying separate. They lives are roots and their vessels are cracked and their strings are cut. EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD.

This entry wasn't as good because I can't make a complete thought. I am awed by Paper Towns. I can't think. John Green's writing is amazing.

If you haven't read Paper Towns you should. YOU NEED TO. I hope I didn't spoil anything.

Byeee.

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