tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post5268998286173787375..comments2024-02-06T14:22:08.095-07:00Comments on Provo City Library Staff Reviews: Turtles All the Way DownAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18089515677655906854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post-60747303189765992862018-01-06T14:35:41.145-07:002018-01-06T14:35:41.145-07:00This was such an engaging book. Following Aza thro...This was such an engaging book. Following Aza through her process of coping with OCD was fascinating. The thing that I loved about this book was that the effects of the disorder weren't romanticized. It is something that got in the way developing relationships and caused some hurt to others without demonizing either side. So often there are the traditional stories where the theme is "it doesn't matter what you are going through we will work through it!",which is a very romantic sentiment, but then never addresses the long lasting effects of something that you can't just wish away. Or it paints those around the main character as unloving and weak because they struggle dealing with the other persons struggle. John Green wrote beautifully representing both sides of this story. It is also not neatly wrapped up in a bow in the end there was some closure, but John Green really leaves a lot of the ending between Aza and Davis to the readers imagination. Which normally I detest but the way he wrote it, it was absolutely fantastic.Maeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474397424564932344noreply@blogger.com