This is the fourth book of John Green's that I listened to during the commute to work. It's a pretty good book following the narrator, Quentin (Q) Jacobsen, a high school senior who seems randomly chosen to partake in a well-thought-out plan of vandalism, breaking and entering, and blackmail with his life-long crush, Margo Roth Spiegelman. The next day, Margo vanishes, leaving Q a string a clues as he and his friends go looking for her.
The good: This one wasn't told in quite the same snarky style as the other three books of John Green's that I've read. I found that refreshing. This narrator was more like...me. As sad as that may be. His two best friends were both fun and annoying at the same time, which is pretty much just like real life. The way the trio interacted with each other was a lot of fun, and the mystery pulled me right in as a reader.
The bad: Q's friend Ben was really obnoxious, but part of that might have been due to the fact that I used the audio version of this. The kid just yells constantly, especially when drinking (for example, yelling, "YES! YES! YES!" about a million times, and not in a cool Daniel Bryan type of way.) He also continuously refers to women as honey-bunnies. That phrase got old the first time it was used.
Another problem I had with this book was the character of Margo. She's annoying, flighty, and one of those nerd-girls who chooses to date a dumb jock and hang out with the popular kids, while at the same time hating dumb jocks and popular kids. She just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Closing: Go ahead and read this. It's not a great as Looking for Alaska or as emotional as The Fault in Our Stars, but the narrator is much less irritating and it's a really fun book with a great supporting cast and mystery that will keep you reading until the end.
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