Just finished my final John Green book... and I have to say I'm glad I did this one last. This is the only one of his books that really ends on a really happy note, and thats really good! And this is the only one that I really wanted to have a happy ending. Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska, I didn't want the guy to get the girl. The Fault in Our Stars would have been HORRIBLE with a happy ending... thats kind of the point and this one I really felt like if it didn't end on a happy note.. it would be bad.
I didn't actually like this book when I started... well I didn't dislike it, but its much harder to read. Its a book about a smart person, written by a smart person and its kind of for smart people. Not that I'm not smart, but following the footnotes and stuff was kind of hard especially since I read it RIGHT after finishing The Fault in Our Stars. The Fault in Our Stars kind of took its time with the ending and explaining the aftermath of it all, which is how I think most of John Green's books end... but they all start very fast paced and I always think of the classical music song that plays whenever they talk about The Playbook on How I Met Your Mother. And I've never had a musical accompaniment with a book before, but in this and Looking For Alaska, it kind of works well. And thats how I think I read The Fault in Our Stars too... so that kind of shows the pacing of these books. And its just a little hard and confusing with the footnotes, but the footnotes are so witty and brilliant that it made me want to read it... and after a few chapters, I fell in love with all the characters and their greatnesses and flaws and everything about them and the footnotes were very interesting and funny.
I also feel like if you don't look into the symbolism of it or any character quirks or traits or anything other than just the story of it... its still a funny book and a fun read. Its not heavy like Looking for Alaska or The Fault in Our Stars. Its a smart book that I thought had a lot of great symbolism and the characters were all fun and quirky... but also I saw the deeper meanings in a lot of the things. The repetition of the Katherines, the foiling of the Colin's, the tape recording, the out of work factory... it all just worked really well all together.
I sort of love small rundown towns in books. I thought Gutshot was such a great example of that. It depends on this Factory and it needs the Factory to survive. And they get there because of Franz Ferdinand, which they don't think is the real Franz Ferdinand and end up just ending their road trip and staying there with this girl they barely knew. I liked that Lindsey's secret spot was a cave.
I loved the lines of dialogue that didn't say anything other than "..." because that spoke so much. There was an awkward, but comfortable pause, and it was stated that Colin and Lindsey had made made moves on each other, but it was vague and John Green is pretty fantastic at that. Just overall really good.
I didn't read The Appendix at the end lol. I do appreciate that it was there though and that this formula that Colin worked so hard on was real. It makes sense that this formula really works, and it makes me happy that Colin found his Eureka.
I read a question and answer with John Green and one of the questions was about why it was in the third person, which I found interesting immediately since none of his other books are... but he mentioned that it was because its partially about Colin not knowing how to tell a story, so it couldn't be narrated from his point of view. Which I also liked because its interesting when a storyteller, especially one as good as John Green, tells a story about a bad storyteller. I feel like it could be a self reflection or criticism or just an annoyance in people less talented than Green. Lol. I mean I'm sure he's not going to be petty and hate on people who are less talented than he is, but come on! Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey are so poorly written and so so popular! Lol.
That is about it. Really liked this book, it was a funny read that I had trouble putting down a lot of the times. I really liked these characters.
Byeee!
-Shannon
I didn't actually like this book when I started... well I didn't dislike it, but its much harder to read. Its a book about a smart person, written by a smart person and its kind of for smart people. Not that I'm not smart, but following the footnotes and stuff was kind of hard especially since I read it RIGHT after finishing The Fault in Our Stars. The Fault in Our Stars kind of took its time with the ending and explaining the aftermath of it all, which is how I think most of John Green's books end... but they all start very fast paced and I always think of the classical music song that plays whenever they talk about The Playbook on How I Met Your Mother. And I've never had a musical accompaniment with a book before, but in this and Looking For Alaska, it kind of works well. And thats how I think I read The Fault in Our Stars too... so that kind of shows the pacing of these books. And its just a little hard and confusing with the footnotes, but the footnotes are so witty and brilliant that it made me want to read it... and after a few chapters, I fell in love with all the characters and their greatnesses and flaws and everything about them and the footnotes were very interesting and funny.
I also feel like if you don't look into the symbolism of it or any character quirks or traits or anything other than just the story of it... its still a funny book and a fun read. Its not heavy like Looking for Alaska or The Fault in Our Stars. Its a smart book that I thought had a lot of great symbolism and the characters were all fun and quirky... but also I saw the deeper meanings in a lot of the things. The repetition of the Katherines, the foiling of the Colin's, the tape recording, the out of work factory... it all just worked really well all together.
I sort of love small rundown towns in books. I thought Gutshot was such a great example of that. It depends on this Factory and it needs the Factory to survive. And they get there because of Franz Ferdinand, which they don't think is the real Franz Ferdinand and end up just ending their road trip and staying there with this girl they barely knew. I liked that Lindsey's secret spot was a cave.
I loved the lines of dialogue that didn't say anything other than "..." because that spoke so much. There was an awkward, but comfortable pause, and it was stated that Colin and Lindsey had made made moves on each other, but it was vague and John Green is pretty fantastic at that. Just overall really good.
I didn't read The Appendix at the end lol. I do appreciate that it was there though and that this formula that Colin worked so hard on was real. It makes sense that this formula really works, and it makes me happy that Colin found his Eureka.
I read a question and answer with John Green and one of the questions was about why it was in the third person, which I found interesting immediately since none of his other books are... but he mentioned that it was because its partially about Colin not knowing how to tell a story, so it couldn't be narrated from his point of view. Which I also liked because its interesting when a storyteller, especially one as good as John Green, tells a story about a bad storyteller. I feel like it could be a self reflection or criticism or just an annoyance in people less talented than Green. Lol. I mean I'm sure he's not going to be petty and hate on people who are less talented than he is, but come on! Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey are so poorly written and so so popular! Lol.
That is about it. Really liked this book, it was a funny read that I had trouble putting down a lot of the times. I really liked these characters.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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