“You get to pick the frame you know? Maybe you don’t choose what’s in the picture, but you decide on the frame”
I have only read one other book by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) and I loved it, however I was skeptical because he is an author that you either love or hate, there is no in-between. I kept hearing both positive and negative reviews about his other books so it took me a while to pick up another one. However the minute this book came out I was very thrilled to read it and I’m excited to say that this book not only meet my expectations but it surpassed them.
In this book we follow Aza, a girl with OCD who tries to keep herself together while trying to solve the disappearance of the father of one of her childhood friends. It was a powerful book with an excellent representation of OCD, I was so blown away by the representation that it ended up giving me anxiety. John Green manage to perfectly put into words what it is like to live with OCD.
This book was written beautifully, I really like how John Green manages to say gorgeous and philosophical things without having to use such complex words that few would understand. English is not my first language so to read a book that manages to make me feel things and have poster worthy quotes without using complex words is everything for me.
In this book there are too main aspects or plots we follow, the mystery plot as Aza tries to find out what happened to Davis dad and the personal plot Aza goes through as she tries to figure out how to deal with her OCD and try to have a “normal” life with friends and love. For me, the mystery aspect of this book was okay, nothing too special and nothing that kept my attention for too long, however that friendship and kind of romantic aspects of this book were what made this book a 5 star read. I really liked her friendship with Daisy, I liked that Daisy told her the things that bothered her, treating her like a normal person.
And finally, the end, the end for me was the best part of this book, the most powerful and the most heartwarming. The end broke me, it was a realistic heartbreaking ending that brought me to tears, I did not see it coming but every time I think about it (which is often) I come the realization that it was the perfect ending. There is no other way John Green could have ended this book and for me, the highlight of it all was the fact that romance does not cure Aza´s problem.
Overall Turtles All the Way Down ended up being one of my favorite books of the year or maybe even of all time. Read it, I don’t know what else I could say to convince you, but read it.
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