Play Book Tag discussion

Quentin and Margo have lived next door to one another since they were toddlers. As they grew older their paths diverged as Margo became part of the popular high school crowd while Q hung out with his two best friends playing video games. Q has had a crush on her for years but knows they don't move in the same circles until one night she climbs through his window and asks him to help her with a 'revenge' tour. She is ready to pay back those she feels have wronged her and needs a cohort to drive her. Although he is reluctant at first, Q would do anything for Margo so he readily agrees. The two travel around Orlando as Margo vents her frustration and anger on former friends with not a small amount of vandalism. Q believes their relationship has entered a new phase and he eagerly awaits the next day. The next day...Margo is gone. Q and his friends spend weeks following obscure clues left by the mysterious Margo. Not sure is she is alive or dead, they travel hundreds of miles in their search, never sure what they will find at the end.

I believe this is the first John Green book that I did not particularly care for. I didn't like Margo at all. Her character is self-absorbed, entitled and oblivious to her devoted friend Q. Q is a bit too obsessed with this girl who really has shown him nothing for more than a decade. Needing to get away from a life you don't enjoy is fine in itself but at least contact those who care about you.

I wasn’t blown away by this either, after really liking ‘The Fault
In Our Stars’ and one other which I can’t remember now (it was years ago). It kind of came together at the end but I mostly found it strange and fragmented.

I’ve got ‘Looking For Alaska’ to start this month if you wanted to give another one a go as more of a buddy read?

Thanks Kate. I have read "The Fault in our Stars" and gave it 4 stars. For some reason I didn't review it so I can't pinpoint the reason I liked it, but I guess I enjoyed it at the time!

I really didn't like this book. It's the only Green book I've read and it definitely didn't inspire me to pick up any other book by him.

I meant to say I had already read “Looking for Alaska”. Brain and fingers don’t always communicate!

Ellen, you just saved me a lot of time. I was considering this for the book-to-screen tag, and based on your description, I’m pretty sure I DNF’d this book once because I didn’t like it. So thank you!

I really loved A Fault in our Stars despite the fact that it made me cry like a baby. If it’s the one with a trip to Amsterdam, I might reread it.

I thought it would be easy to access all the books on my short list because they’re fairly old, but there are still wait lists.