His writing has an introspective quality that means that one minute you’re reading the words on the page, and the next you’re thinking about the meaning of the word “love”, or what it means to be “you”.Ī major theme of this book is mental health, specifically Aza’s OCD. There are so many beautiful quotes in this book, and so many paragraphs that I had to read and re-read so that I could fully savour and digest the image or message John was creating. This book is littered with thought-provoking ideas and quotes, that really made me take a step back and think about my perception of the world. John Green has an incredible talent for creating stories that are poignant and clever, without ever being dense.
On opening this book, I was instantly captured by the writing. Major themes running through this book are mental illness, friendship, love, loss, and the idea of “self”. As they begin to investigate the disappearance, Aza reconnects with the billionaire’s son, Davis, Aza and Daisy’s friendship is put to the test, and Aza faces the tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
The story begins when Aza and her best friend Daisy decide to investigate the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, whose son Aza went to camp with years before. Turtles All The Way Down is a contemporary young adult story about a sixteen-year old girl named Aza, who suffers from severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). “I was beginning to learn that your life is a story told about you, not one that you tell.” This book is powerful, moving, relatable, and written in that way that only John Green can. So it’s safe to say I had a lot of expectations when I started Turtles All The Way Down. I’ve been a huge fan of John Green since I discovered his and Hank’s YouTube channel when I was in college, and shortly afterwards fell in love with his writing when I read Looking for Alaska. So when I heard he would be releasing a new book this year, I was so excited. I couldn’t stop talking about it, and I found myself counting down the days until its release.
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