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[Review] Turtles All the Way Down-John Green


There are a lot of young adult books around. But, very few talks about mental illness and this is one such book which talks about a young girl going through OCD.

The story is about a 16-year old Aza Holmes who has a kind of OCD. She decides to search for a billionaire who escapes her town with a reward on his head. The story might not impress you as much as its writing. It is challenging for a writer to include mental illness throughout the story, but the writer does succeed here.

John Green has been especially good at writing young adults. The other famous books have been 'Papertowns', 'Looking for Alaska' and 'The Fault in our stars'. This one doesn't stand up to the mark but should appreciate him for choosing such an audacious subject.

Overall, the book is just satisfying in parts but not so much throughout.

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