oh, please tell me about that time you tried to read John Green! I'd loove to read your thoughts! You can make it as long as you want!
ahahaha, ok, alright, once upon a time I heard a lot of good things about John Green, and then I heard some bad things about John Green, so I decided to get a look for myself, just to have an ~opinion.
So I opened The Fault In Our Stars, and tried to read it. Which didn’t go too smoothly, given it’s deliberate quirkyness, pseudo-philosophical angles and the fact that all characters share vocabulary and tone and sound like the same person monologuing for the whole length of the book.
On the other hand it was very educational, because I made a list of things not to ever ever ever do when you write, unless you want to be extremely annoying.
it also felt like it would really appeal to the kind of young reader who wants to be smart and special, which might be ok when you’re 16, but I’m personally not. But I was really pretentious when I was 16, so ok, go for it, John, I don’t know.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT I’D GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE WHICH WAS A MISTAKE
I read Looking for Alaska, which I would repeadly shut and/or throw out of my window if it wasn’t an ebook.
I mean… I don’t even want to say “manic pixie dream girl” here, but Dddd’uuHHHHhhhhhhhh who is Alaska, what is Alaska, why is Alaska, is there any depth to that character, is there any depth to anyone, am I supposed to care, because I’m secod-guessing I am, and I probably would if anyone present in the whole fucking book actually cared about Alaska and told me a single thing about her which isn’t a ~quirk or a ~dramatic~quirk, can.we.please.not, can Alaska be a person, also everyone else has quirks, oh my god, I am choking on all those quirky quirky quirks please leave and shut the door.
