The title itself is plenty to explain the story, it's confusing yet seems to make sense at the same time. Not only does it provide an interesting read, but is also beautifully crafted to make someone question their outlook on mental health and their assumptions of people. John Green’s book Turtles All The Way Down uses high school romance, friendship, loss, and mystery as the background for an interesting story that takes a look into the mind of a 16-year-old girl suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. With that, the book provides this look into Aza's mind by having her tell the story. By that, I got to "see" the seemingly wild thoughts of someone diagnosed with OCD. In my mind, the book was... odd... to read as there is a lot of focus placed on recurring ideas and lines as well as metaphors, which make the book a bit repetitive. However, I think this is outshined by the fact that this is how Green depicts Aza's OCD and does a fantastic job of it due to his personal experience with OCD. As far as the book changing my thinking goes, I think it's done a brilliant job of making me question why with most books that I have read, do mental problems never get brought up in any sense. Perhaps I just need to expand my horizons and read some more books like this. All in all, the interesting combination of genres and characters makes for an eye-opening read. A major piece I've taken away from this has to do with one of Green's quotes, "Your now is not your forever". I think this is quite self- explanatory, but being able to have examples to apply it to and being able to read it makes it inspiring. Anyway, reading this book has helped me question lots about what I read. With that, I've realized that there is quite a lot that I can change having to do with my outlook on mental illness and peoples' problems in general. Basically, I need to read more that have to do with peoples' different situations in life and learn more about what those people have to deal with so that I can apply that to my ideas and thought process. by Max W.
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