This past year and a half or so, a new man seemed to come into the attention into of the teenage girl world. At one point this past summer, every girl seemed to be obsessed with John Green.

Though Green rose to stardom once his book, The Fault in Our Stars, became a #1 New York Times best-seller and got turned into a movie, his other books, Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns, came into the spotlight as well, thanks to his new fanbase. People gushed about how great they were, constantly pulling quotes from all three of them (“The world is not a wish- granting factory” — yes, I am a nerd who does it too) and making fake Twitter accounts dedicated to him, his books and characters.

So, like a “typical teenage girl”, I read all three of them, the most recent one being Paper Towns.

Paper Towns is set in Orlando, a city associated with happy-go-lucky tourists and once-in-a-lifetime memories, yet actually proves to be much different, according to the story. The extremely relatable main character Quentin Jacobsen, or Q, is an average, nerdy, video-game loving boy with an intriguing neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Not only does she have a cool name that must be said in it’s entirety whenever spoken about, but she is also, literally, a mystery. One of those enigmas that is so complicated and analytical, one can only wish to be as intricate as she.

Green manipulates these two contrasting characters in this story — one that is so real and human, it’s uncanny and another that is so perfect, she’s unattainable. With this juxtaposition, Green draws in his reader through a mystery to find Margo after she spends a whole night bonding with Q after years and disappears the next morning.

Green presents the story with memorable quirks, details and quotes. The characters are alive and become actual people throughout the book. Green’s storytelling leaves cliffhangers so I couldn’t put the book down. I finished it in two days — while on vacation.

John Green’s novel gives it like it really is. He doesn’t sugarcoat too much; he has just enough harsh revelations about the real world and teenage years to make it sting, but it’s bearable. Though most stories that readers seem to enjoy end on a happy note, with a happy ending and happy characters who live happily ever after, Green’s novels are different. They end unsatisfactorily to our hopeful hearts, yet appease our rational minds. His book ended like an event that once over, someone would say, “Well, that’s what happens in the real world.” In a way, I felt more mature once I read this book because it kept me thinking (and crying), but in a good way. Green stimulates his reader’s mind and feelings. It was a good read and an experience. Sp props to you, John Green for writing another successful book- soon to be turned into a movie.

The movie Paper Towns will be released in June 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne.