Author - John Green
Genre - Young-Adult
No. of Pages - 304
Year of Publication - 2017
Rating - ❤️❤️❤️
Finally, that I have got my reading appetite back, how could I not read the latest John Green novel? I certainly had to. To be very honest, this book confused me a bit. If I look into the detailed and rather heart-felt description of the thoughts of an anxiety patient, Aza Holmes (the protagonist), I feel Green has given his best to it. No doubt, I could very well relate at some points because I also suffer from mild OCD symptoms. To a normal person, Aza might seem to be very crazy, but I could understand her thoughts and they didn't seem unnatural at all (even though bizarre). That is where Green never fails, the charactersq he creates are very relatable and mostly adorable, even though flawed in numerous ways.
Aza's illness keeps on worsening throughout the book. At one point I felt like she would commit suicide and I so not wanted this to happen. For once, I wanted a John green novel to have a happy ending but the ending left me hanging What next? I have a very strong opinion that a sequel to this novel should be written. It desperately needs a sequel. Maybe 'Turtles All The Way Up'?
I feel that this book could have been much better if an ill-fitting romantic angle was not included but then, it would not have the depth and the open-endedness which has left me with unanswered questions. In a way, the not-so-romantic romance between Aza and Davis supplemented the plot which would be hollow if only the mental-illness would have been portrayed. But the side-story of the disappearance of Davis' father was rather unrequired.
I feel this book was far better than Paper Towns (I don't understand why people like it), but obviously doesn't compare to The Fault in Our Stars.
If you want an interesting insight into the mind and life of a person suffering from mental illness, you should definitely give it a read. The book is written from Aza's point of view and that makes the readers even more curious. John Green should definitely be credited for creating two successful female voices in his books, Hazel's in The Fault in Our Stars and Aza's in Turtles All the Way Down.
PS: I hoped that I would cry at some point during reading this book but I did not, maybe I have become used to all this emotional stuff? :/
Review by Bhumika Singh (Blog Author)
Genre - Young-Adult
No. of Pages - 304
Year of Publication - 2017
Rating - ❤️❤️❤️
Finally, that I have got my reading appetite back, how could I not read the latest John Green novel? I certainly had to. To be very honest, this book confused me a bit. If I look into the detailed and rather heart-felt description of the thoughts of an anxiety patient, Aza Holmes (the protagonist), I feel Green has given his best to it. No doubt, I could very well relate at some points because I also suffer from mild OCD symptoms. To a normal person, Aza might seem to be very crazy, but I could understand her thoughts and they didn't seem unnatural at all (even though bizarre). That is where Green never fails, the charactersq he creates are very relatable and mostly adorable, even though flawed in numerous ways.
Aza's illness keeps on worsening throughout the book. At one point I felt like she would commit suicide and I so not wanted this to happen. For once, I wanted a John green novel to have a happy ending but the ending left me hanging What next? I have a very strong opinion that a sequel to this novel should be written. It desperately needs a sequel. Maybe 'Turtles All The Way Up'?
I feel that this book could have been much better if an ill-fitting romantic angle was not included but then, it would not have the depth and the open-endedness which has left me with unanswered questions. In a way, the not-so-romantic romance between Aza and Davis supplemented the plot which would be hollow if only the mental-illness would have been portrayed. But the side-story of the disappearance of Davis' father was rather unrequired.
I feel this book was far better than Paper Towns (I don't understand why people like it), but obviously doesn't compare to The Fault in Our Stars.
If you want an interesting insight into the mind and life of a person suffering from mental illness, you should definitely give it a read. The book is written from Aza's point of view and that makes the readers even more curious. John Green should definitely be credited for creating two successful female voices in his books, Hazel's in The Fault in Our Stars and Aza's in Turtles All the Way Down.
PS: I hoped that I would cry at some point during reading this book but I did not, maybe I have become used to all this emotional stuff? :/
Review by Bhumika Singh (Blog Author)
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I can't wait to read it!
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