crabbygirl reviewed Paper Towns by John Green
Review of 'Paper Towns' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
i want to like this guy.
in fact, i DO love this guy when he's on youtube and doing his world history shtick. i might go so far as the say i got a little crush on him when i read he was a YA author, started but stopped (more on that later) 'the fault in our stars' and then read the prologue to this book...
but then things fizzled a bit with teen boy chatter about sucking donkey balls and/or 'i want to do your mother'...
even when there were girls present, the conversations were gross. is this how teens talk today? really? can we please reclaim the english language?
then i found the plot sort of weak. i can't see why all these people would drop their graduation day to seek out an attention-seeking princess. even if they had deep relationships with the guy searching for her - …
i want to like this guy.
in fact, i DO love this guy when he's on youtube and doing his world history shtick. i might go so far as the say i got a little crush on him when i read he was a YA author, started but stopped (more on that later) 'the fault in our stars' and then read the prologue to this book...
but then things fizzled a bit with teen boy chatter about sucking donkey balls and/or 'i want to do your mother'...
even when there were girls present, the conversations were gross. is this how teens talk today? really? can we please reclaim the english language?
then i found the plot sort of weak. i can't see why all these people would drop their graduation day to seek out an attention-seeking princess. even if they had deep relationships with the guy searching for her - they'd be more likely to offer up lip service, not actual action that interfered with their (and their parents') plans.