Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green

[Steph L]

Turtles All The Way Down By John Green
Summary from Amazon
It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.

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. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.

Aza is trying. 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.

The start of this book was a new style of story for John someone who is known for the teen troupe stereotype, but that’s what we loved him for. This book was set up differently a very anxious character Aza is, and to me, it was very refreshing a very nice change. I love Aza and Daisy from the first few pages. As you get further into the story you meet the Davis, who remembers Aza from all those years ago. I really like the kind of dynamic that Aza and Davis have at the start of the introduction to her character. If I could rate this book higher than a 5 I would!!!!!

As the book progresses, and we find out more about these characters and they become real to us, John’s writing really shines through. He writes these really great characters, different from his other characters in ways, but they do have some similarities to the other characters that he writes as well.As the plot progress, and as you find out more about these characters it is very easy to fall in love with them more and more. They’re all flawed, and they all have their issues but these characters show that it is okay to have flaws and embrace them. The end of the book my oh my if you have read the book you know what I am talking about here! I loved it, and I was crying by the end of this book.

Characters
Aza
Daisy
Davis
Mychal

Writing
I really enjoyed the style of the writing in this book. It was intricate and very well written. This book seemed like it was very well researched as well. From the discussion of the mental illness main character Aza has, you can really see that this was very heavily researched. I could also tell that the Star Wars fan fiction aspects were researched very well.