September 3-5 This is John Green’s best book by far. I’m kinda glad I’ve read this after reading all his other books since LFA fell quite short for me and Paper Towns seemed like a draft of LFA, only tweaked and improved (Will Grayson, Will Grayson not counted because it’s a collab and I never have any problems with David Levithan); otherwise, I wouldn’t have had this chance to change my mind about JG. It’s not that I had an Automatic Hate Vibe towards him and his works because in fact, I love how he puts finding meaning and happiness in life as the focal theme of his novels, which not a lot of YA books can do as successfully. It’s that he just seems to have been stuck in what my friend Cake calls the “John Green Archetypes.” This book changed the Course of My Negapinions, though. While the first few chapters were deathly dragging to me (I was ready to put this in my Pile of Why-Do-I-Never-Learn), Colin’s Theorem on Dating and Breaking Up, ~inspired by his Leagues of Exes all named Katherine, kept me following through the story - and that’s def saying something because I’m not the biggest fan of algebra. (May I also add that I had my own Eureka moment when I saw all those normal distribution shiz because I’m so proud I find that I could possibly explain them myself, too.) JG was also unbelievably impressive with his infusion of a lot of his knowledge about history, literature, philosophy and even religion, WITHOUT cramping the ~fun and ~young vibe of YA. Still, he’s up with his Archetypes - the witty best friend, a tough-cookie kind of girl, An Event That Changes Everybody’s Lives - and a couple of parts that were disarmingly familiar (Colin and Hassan chased by hornets reminded me of My Girl’s Thomas J and the bees), but it’s all part of the charm of a JG book. (In case you were wondering what my next Eureka moment while reading the books is: Chapter 14. That’s all.)
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September 3-5

This is John Green’s best book by far. I’m kinda glad I’ve read this after reading all his other books since LFA fell quite short for me and Paper Towns seemed like a draft of LFA, only tweaked and improved (Will Grayson, Will Grayson not counted because it’s a collab and I never have any problems with David Levithan); otherwise, I wouldn’t have had this chance to change my mind about JG. It’s not that I had an Automatic Hate Vibe towards him and his works because in fact, I love how he puts finding meaning and happiness in life as the focal theme of his novels, which not a lot of YA books can do as successfully. It’s that he just seems to have been stuck in what my friend Cake calls the “John Green Archetypes.” This book changed the Course of My Negapinions, though. While the first few chapters were deathly dragging to me (I was ready to put this in my Pile of Why-Do-I-Never-Learn), Colin’s Theorem on Dating and Breaking Up, ~inspired by his Leagues of Exes all named Katherine, kept me following through the story - and that’s def saying something because I’m not the biggest fan of algebra. (May I also add that I had my own Eureka moment when I saw all those normal distribution shiz because I’m so proud I find that I could possibly explain them myself, too.) JG was also unbelievably impressive with his infusion of a lot of his knowledge about history, literature, philosophy and even religion, WITHOUT cramping the ~fun and ~young vibe of YA. Still, he’s up with his Archetypes - the witty best friend, a tough-cookie kind of girl, An Event That Changes Everybody’s Lives - and a couple of parts that were disarmingly familiar (Colin and Hassan chased by hornets reminded me of My Girl’s Thomas J and the bees), but it’s all part of the charm of a JG book. (In case you were wondering what my next Eureka moment while reading the books is: Chapter 14. That’s all.)