Turtles All the Way Down
Author: John Green
290 pages
Date Published: October 2017
Book Description:
Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.
Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
It is a very interesting book. It is the first time I read a book about obssesive compulsive behavior and I feel it's wonderfully portrayed. We don't only get to see the way Aza struggles with her compulsiveness and her anxiety but how others react to it in her daily life. She spends too much time on her own head for it to be confortable but people around her evn if the care for her cannot really undertand what she goes through.
We see Aza struggle with her best friend, to see her try to come to terms with her first romantic realtionship-desire to be close to another person yet her mind is still reeling and giving her a hard time and not being able to come to terms with her impulsive thoughts. I really like how this goes from:
A. Two girls trying to solve a mystery all in the hopes of getting a lot of cash.
B. The story transforms into a self-discovery journey and trying to come to not hate oneself.
This deals with several very interesting topics:
1- Unconfortable with one's body in a different level not only dislike for who the person is based on phisical appearance but also who they are mentally.
2. Struggling friends who think the other has it easy. Teens are not overly known for being too empathic.
3. Not knowing if you can trust the people who you care about because there is a reward on the line, the ever growing doubt that people don't really care about you but simply are looking for their economic benefit by getting close to you.
4. The loss of a parent, in different stages of it and by very different circunstances.
All in all very good, the writing was fantastic, it made you feel everything obviously only form one POV but the way it manages things is wonderful. I gave it a 4.5 out of 5 stars because well mainly there was something I didn't like. Right in the end.... but oh well nothing is perfect.
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