Name: Turtles All the Way Down
Rating: 3.906469500924215 (1623 reviews)
ISBN: 9780525555360

John Green

Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.

Turtles All the Way Down

Jill

First, can we all just agree that the cover is straight up ugly? If it weren’t for the author I wouldn’t have been so psyched to pick this up but it’s JG and I have a good relationship with him so far. Well, until this happened. I’m not gonna bore you with all the details of why this is a one-star but I have a lot of issues with this one. A lot. To say that this is terribly bad is a huge understatement.

THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER! FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR “So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many more! JOHN GREEN, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

Jennifer

I couldn't give this five stars because I rolled my eyes at how pretentious these teens are and how rushed the ending felt. Also, the end felt so...cliché. I enjoyed an inside look at OCD and liked the therapist. I can totally envision this as a movie. 

THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK! FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR "So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung." - The New York Times Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many more! JOHN GREEN, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett's son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED THE ENDING 😭😭

Susan

JUST HOLMSEY AND DAVIS ❤️❤️

I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED THE ENDING 😭😭

Expected a mystery plotline... but the intense description of her episodes had really gotten into me. It's nice to know there are representation of mental conditions from known authors out there. :) 

I jumped into this book thinking it would be a teen crime/mystery solving plot only for it to go completely different. Don’t get me wrong the writing is beautiful and the depiction of OCD and spiraling mentally gets relatable. I didn’t really know where this book was going half the time but i think that just depicts youth and teen years perfectly. 

lily

Anna 

Šestnáctiletá Aza to nemá v životě lehké. Trpí OCD a její hrůzné myšlenky jí ovládají život. Stýská se jí po otci, a i když má nejlepší kamarádku Daisy, přijde si sama. Jednoho dne se ovšem doslechne o zmizení místního miliardáře, Russella Picketta. Za jakékoliv informace o něm vás čeká odměna 100 000 dolarů. Aza shodou náhod zná Rusellova syna Davise, kamaráda z dětství, a rozhodne se ho společně s Daisy navštívit. Po čase jí ale dojde, že odměna možná není ten pravý důvod, proč s Davisem začíná trávit tolik času...
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Moje druhá Greenovka je úspěšně za mnou, a já jsem moc ráda, že jsem si ji přečetla! Nejvíc mě zmátla originální anotace, protože mi slibovala veliké pátrání po Pickettovi, které se nekonalo, a já z toho byla následně trochu mimo. Proto jsem vám sem sepsala svou vlastní anotaci, která se příběhu snad blíží víc. Jedna želva za druhou nebyla tak romantická a klišé jako Hvězdy nám nepřály, které se mi nelíbily a kvůli kterým jsem od Greena už nechtěla nic číst. Naopak, tahle knížka se mi líbila, protože jsem se dozvěděla něco víc o lidech s OCD, což bylo velice zajímavé, protože i já sama mám někdy takové podobné stavy, akorát že 100x menší :). OCD hraje v knize velikou roli, narozdíl od romantiky, a to je za mě velké plus. Příběh sám o sobě dost kolísal, ale utíkal rychle, což je taky plus, když už se tam nic nedělo. 
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Knížka si podle mě zaslouží 4*/5*, a tu jednu hvězdu ubírám za to, že anotace mluvila o nějaké úplně jiné knize a příběh svým způsobem moc neexistoval.

Ryan Mateyk

I'm feeling kind of conflicted about this because John Green is an awesome writer and really a master of realistic dialogue but I felt like nothing much happened. The synopsis as well doesn't reflect this book at all. It makes it seem like a nice light-hearted teen mystery but it's really heavily focused on anxiety and mental health and they investigate the disappearance of the billionaire for like 5 minutes.

Regardless it was still an enjoyable read.

Could've been a whole lot better easily but overall an okay read. Also, very little plot mainly vibes (suffering). 

Mal 

Rizaldi

A different take on a story about high school/teenagers. One of those stories where the main character is not the "perfect" type.

chloe rae

*4.5
I didn’t plan to read this in a day but as soon as I got past Chapter 1, I was ALL IN. 
I missed John Green. I missed his writing. There were so many stunning quotes in this book; he truly is a fantastic writer. 
I found Aza to be absolutely fascinating. I did relate to her on some occasions but mostly, we are two very different human beings. I found her struggle to be so eye-opening and real. I loved her best friend, Daisy. I loved Davis. I loved how all of the relationships in this story were dealt with such care and authenticity. I found myself loving everything. This book just feels important; I feel like it’s a book I’ll be thinking about for months.
The only reason this isn’t a 5 star is because of the plot. It couldn’t quite figure itself out. It was one way and then diverted from that to something else but then went back? I thought that could’ve been stronger or more concrete. Regardless, I really loved this. I don’t even think I can fully express details for why I did. The perfect read at the perfect time.

Ally

I don't know what to think . . .

There were some amazing quotes but not a lot of action

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