I would recommend this because it took me on an amazing emotions journey with potholes and with jumps but we made it

I would recommend this because it took me on an amazing emotions journey with potholes and with jumps but we made it  Read Less

I think John Green is brilliant. Period. Even if someone doesn't like YA novels, there's no denying his talent. One of my favor...  Read More

I think John Green is brilliant. Period. Even if someone doesn't like YA novels, there's no denying his talent. One of my favorite aspects of his writing is the characters he creates. He's amazing with characters and each is so intricate and interesting and none are cliche to a fault. Some characters, like The Other Colin in this novel are cliche on purpose, because TOC is supposed to be numbskull football player. In this book in particular, the characters are crazy good. Colin with his random facts and prodigy mind reminds me of me of my favorite character from Criminal Minds, Dr. Spencer Reid. Hassan is probably my favorite character with his humor and personality. I think he's hilarious and perfectly written. Lindsey turns out to be a sort of atypical popular girl, and I'll admit I didn't always love her character, but that doesn't mean she wasn't well-written.I also particularly enjoyed Colin and Hassan's relationship. The two worked together perfectly and were entertaining. Hassan calls Colin kafir and they often refer to each other as sitzpinkler, which loosely translates to being a wimp. They also use dingleberries as a sort of safe word to indicate when the other has gone too far. Their friendship is also admirably loyal.I also adored all the footnotes! They were funny and give insight in a way that totally worked with Colin's personality.A final thing I loved about the novel was the intricacy of everything and the way everything was connected. For example (spoiler alert), Colin and Hassan end up in Gutshot simply to see where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was buried, and at the end, Colin realizes that it never was the Archduke, but instead Lindsey's great-grandfather. Fred N. Dinzanfar, that anagramming bastard. One of Colin's greatest pleasures also happens to be anagramming.The ending was wrapped up beautifully and I loved when he described all the Katherine's in detail because I had waited for that the entire novel and it was entertaining. My favorite was probably the sixth, she was excellent at both pottery and pull-ups, two fields of endeavor at which I have never excelled, and although between us we could have made an unstoppable force of intelligence and upper-body strength and coffee mug-making, she dumped me anyway. John Green's books are never boring, and his language is always amazing and intriguing!  Read Less