Hi friends, happy Monday, I hope you’re keeping well! Today I’m posting my review of John Green’s novel, Turtles All the Way Down.

Turtles All the Way Down by: John Green: Aza suffers from anxiety and struggles with the crippling fear that she could possibly contract C. diff at any moment, so she’s constantly in her head. When a local billionaire, Russell Pickett, goes missing, she’s not in the business of solving the mystery, but her best friend, Daisy is. Aza then finds herself befriending, Davis, Mr. Pickett’s son, and her anxieties start to spiral. Aza tries to be good for everyone else, neglecting her own mental health. This novel felt clunky, like none of the pieces truly fit together. What was good, was the mental health representation because it felt real, well researched and very detailed but everything else felt off. The plot didn’t feel believable in the sense that two teens went in search of a billionaire to gain a reward, while befriending the son; it all felt so random and unconvincing. It didn’t help that Green felt the need to throw in a romance plot where it wasn’t needed. The reader understands it was to move Aza’s character growth, but it felt so staged and unnatural in that sense. There was no chemistry between the two and so it was this forced romance all of for the sake of character and plot progression, which ended up reading really stiff. Aza’s character development was good, but getting there wasn’t great. This novel was fast-paced, which was good because the reader was able to zip right through it without feeling like they dragged through this for too long. Overall, this novel wasn’t for this reader; it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t enjoyable to this reader.