This book was really well written, but it just didn't do it for me. With most of the John Green books I have read, they're either hit or miss. I loved Looking for Alaska but I didn't like Paper Towns. I would definitely tell you to give the book a few chapters before you make your judgements, thats what I did at least. I just found that the book did not progress, I found myself getting bored.. But! I still think you should read the book, it taught me a lot of things and my opinion will be insignificant when you make your own :).