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A review by teeclecticreads
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
5.0
My my my, John Green. You did it again
It’s very rare that I feel for a main character as deeply as I did, but with Aza it was almost impossible. I felt her fear, I felt her panic, I felt her in her head…but I also felt FOR her yk? So paralysed within her own mind. John so scarily and amazingly depicted what the mind of someone with OCD can be like. Sometimes I was reading and I had to stop and take a deep breath. I imagine that’s how overwhelmed she felt and it was exhausting.
I wasn’t on the Daisy train for more than 50% of the book honestly. She was annoying, seemed very full of herself and when she started tearing Aza down I was like ??? As I got further in though, I understood. It couldn’t have been easy being friends with someone like that. So detached. So lost within themself. I’m glad that things turned around though.
Now Davis…sweet sweet Davis. He tried, he really did but you can’t love or be there for someone who pushes you away and insists on not being loved. They had their moments which were beautiful and they also had a beautiful end. I like that despite the separation the ending wasn’t completely sad.
My heart is full and my anxiety is kicking. So good, but I need to lay down
It’s very rare that I feel for a main character as deeply as I did, but with Aza it was almost impossible. I felt her fear, I felt her panic, I felt her in her head…but I also felt FOR her yk? So paralysed within her own mind. John so scarily and amazingly depicted what the mind of someone with OCD can be like. Sometimes I was reading and I had to stop and take a deep breath. I imagine that’s how overwhelmed she felt and it was exhausting.
I wasn’t on the Daisy train for more than 50% of the book honestly. She was annoying, seemed very full of herself and when she started tearing Aza down I was like ??? As I got further in though, I understood. It couldn’t have been easy being friends with someone like that. So detached. So lost within themself. I’m glad that things turned around though.
Now Davis…sweet sweet Davis. He tried, he really did but you can’t love or be there for someone who pushes you away and insists on not being loved. They had their moments which were beautiful and they also had a beautiful end. I like that despite the separation the ending wasn’t completely sad.
My heart is full and my anxiety is kicking. So good, but I need to lay down