Sorry I've been absent for a while, but I've been writing a
lot recently and the books I've been reading are like doorsteps, and as I read at
a snail’s pace, it takes me a while to get through them. Anyway, with that
little update over, let's move on to John Green's, Turtles All the Way Down, (one
of the smaller books I've consumed in the last few months).
You'll know John Green from, The Fault in Our
Stars, of course, which is a fine book, but, Turtles All the Way Down, is just
as good, if not better, (my favourite so far is, Looking for Alaska). Turtles All the Way Down, follows Aza, who, along with her best friend, Daisy, go in
search of a one hundred thousand dollar reward, that's being offered in
connection with the disappearance of her old classmate's father.
Within a handful of pages, you're sucked in to Aza's world
and can't get out (don't want to get out) and it's like we become her friend,
the third person in the room, the fly on the wall, and before you know it,
you've turned the last page and cursed the author for not having a more
extensive back catalogue.
But Aza has issues, (what teenager doesn't? I hear you ask,
and this is teen fiction after all), but here, I think John Green handles these issues with conviction, and you find yourself mooching along in the poor girl's head,
feeling hot when she's hot, scared when she's scared and just a little freaked
out when she goes a bit nuts.
Aza and Daisy have a massive row, there are boys, a possible
romance brewing, mental illness, jealously, the fear of success, of moving away when
school finishes, doctors, mums and a missing billionaire to find, and John Green
just makes it all so believable. He has a knack of making his characters and
the world they inhabit so relatable, that the book just runs away with you, and
then, when it’s done, (Note to author: your books are too short), you hanker
for more. The author is so good in fact, at writing teenagers, that I
have to question whether he's still one himself!
A solid four stars then for, Turtles All the Way Down and a
good read however old you are. Next up from John Green, Paper Town;
yeah!!!
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