This is, unfortunately, not a The Fault in Our Stars type situation. It has Not been a decade of these shenanigans.Īnd so, as I continue to use that line of defense against his wildly loyal, unaging group of geeky manic pixie dream girls in training, I continue to argue myself into reading his books. I wasn’t book-blogging in 2006 my dear boy. Because I haven’t really reviewed any of them.

I keep using the weird brag/justification of “Yes, I hate John Green, and no, it’s not because I haven’t read (insert The Fault in Our Stars or Looking for Alaska or Paper Towns here) yet, because yes, I’ve read all of his books, and yes, the reviews are in, and yes, it was absolutely all bad.”Įxcept for the “the reviews are in” part. For me, at least, it’s definitely getting a little old.īut here we are. Every time! This is lucky number seven! I don’t think it’s working all that well for either of us. We have to stop meeting like this.īy “like this,” I mean: you write a book, I read it, I hate it. In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza’s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.Īza is trying.

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate.

Turtles all the way down aza