But what it does do very effectively is capture a particular quality of adolescent yearning, the way teens often feel nostalgic for the present while aspiring to be the heroes of their own myths.
The film – based on the young-adult novel by The Fault in Our Stars author John Green – doesn’t dig very deeply into the ennui behind Margo’s flight, and its overall mood is safe rather than edgy. Yet for the story to work, we need to believe that this odd bunch would be drawn across the country by Margo’s magnetic pull – which is where Delevingne’s puckish charisma comes in. From what Ive read only a little bit, it was a good book good story line I need to finish it, I got the paper cover I would like the hard cover on it. The gang are amiable travelling companions and their joshing rapport keeps us engaged and amused. Review: ‘Paper Towns’ Tries to Fold Significance Into the Everyday Read in app 'Paper Towns,' with Nat Wolff as an infatuated boy and Cara Delevingne as his ideal, opens on Friday. Deductions made, he rounds up geeky best friends Radar (Justice Smith) and Ben (Austin Abrams), Margo’s spurned BFF Lacey (Halston Sage) and Radar’s down-to-earth girlfriend Angela (Jaz Sinclair) for an epic road trip to New York State. She leaves without a word, but there are possible clues to her whereabouts that Quentin attempts to decipher – including a picture of folk singer Woody Guthrie taken from a Billy Bragg album (vinyl, of course) and a volume of Walt Whitman poems.
The quick-witted conversations and flawless dialogue move the plot along nicely as you cannot help but root for the loveable nerd, Q. No sooner has she re-entered his life, however, than she vanishes. Paper Towns is arguably Green’s second most popular novel and with good reason. After setting the scene with vivid characters and some insightful interaction, the plot of this teen comedy-drama feels.