Review of Turtles All The Way Down by John Green by Justina Thompson https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh A review by Justina Thompson. en-us 2018-01-10 00:29:10 UTC 2023-05-17 03:56:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Summary of Book. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220011997 The novel named "Turtles All The Way Down" is by well-acknowledged YA author, John Green. Turtles All The Way Down follows the current life of sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes, a girl that is attempting to do her best as a friend, daughter, student, and overall existing individual. 
However, when her best friend, Daisy, becomes extremely immersed in the disappearance of a local billionaire, Russell Pickett, and discovers that Aza has past relations to his son and recruits her along to investigate, she suddenly has to add the title of 'detective' to her extensive list. 

So together, the two must navigate the short distance a that divides them promptly from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Not to mention, she already has an overbearing amount of thoughts racing throughout her brain, most more invasive than others. Aza is attempting to handle everything as best as she can, but her tightening, unceasing spiral may choose to decide before she may ever get the chance to. ]]> 2018-01-10 00:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220011997 Response to Book. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012085 What I primarily favored about this book was that it was extremely easy to resonate with. The characters, the plot, and the dialogue was so incredibly easy to relate to, so much so that a giggle may slip from your lips as you turn to a new chapter. I felt as if I could connect my own doubts and hesitations to Aza's rather easily. I struggle also with some of the same uncertainties and to understand that I wasn't somewhat alone was comforting to me as a reader/audience member. I loved Aza's development, both internally and externally. Also, I loved the growth of history that is replaced again between Aza and Russell Pickett's son, Davis Pickett. I think that I admired these certain conceptions from the novel because they were primary aspects that you could easily identify as a shift within the plot. They were going to change the relationship between the two character instantaneously or change the outlook of one character rapidly. ]]> 2018-01-10 00:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012085 Cover Image Response. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012111 In conjunction to the novel itself, the cover image for Turtles All The Way Down corresponds to the downward, spiraling thoughts of its lead protagonist, Aza Holmes. Aza has incessant, relentless everyday thoughts that she cannot stop regarding and that she cannot forget. She often refers to it as a 'spiral' herself. Therefore, I believe the relation to the illustrated spiral is correlated to that and to the progression of how she manages her internal notions as well as how she changes throughout each chapter. ]]> 2018-01-10 00:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012111 Quotes. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012124 Listed below are quotes that captivated my interest as I read throughout the book:

Quote 1: 

  • “The way he talked about thoughts was the way I experienced them – not as a choice but as a destiny. Not a catalog of my consciousness, but a refutation of it.” - Page 59. 

I enjoyed this quote because it was absolutely eloquent, well-worded, and fluent. It was pleasing for my eyes to read and it felt, in a way, very poetic and touching. There was something intimate laced inside of it and it reached a depth beyond physical contact or visual spectrum through Aza's perspective and I found that pleasing to boundless extents.

Quote 2:

  • “Life is a series of choices between wonders.” - Page 188.

I enjoyed this quote because I believed it was something that needed to be analyzed. After I read it, I could not stop reading it, because it forced me to look back upon the situations within my life that have occurred and to assign them into those two respective columns: choices or wonders. The deception of this is, truly, how do you know which belongs to what category? 

Quote 3:

  • “When you lose someone, you realize you’ll eventually lose everyone." - Page 81. 

Lastly, I thoroughly enjoyed this quote because it is beautiful and candor, yet painful. It is something that I have even come to realize myself, which makes it hurt even more to read and apprehend that it is the inevitable harsh actuality. However, it is also refreshing, for me at least, this happens; whether it be abruptly or with time. 
]]> 2018-01-10 00:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012124 Recommendation. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012154 I would definitely recommend this book to others. Not only would I recommend it because it was a great read with an entrancing plot, but I would recommend it because I believe that anyone, especially a teenager or adolescent, can take away something significant from the novel and mold their own appreciation into what they've read. Also, they can, and most certainly will, develop their own admiration Aza's progression as a character and her relationship that evolves with Davis, a semi-protagonist of the story. I believe any kind of reader, even if usually subjected to a certain kind of genre, would love this book as I did. The best and most rewarding part is that as you fall in love with this novel, its characters, and its enigmatic qualities, you won't be aware until it is over. ]]> 2018-01-10 00:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012154 New Constellations by Ryn Weaver. jthompson203 https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012313 I chose this song, New Constellations by Ryn Weaver, because I wanted to symbolize a very touching and unforgettable chapter from the book that was shared between Aza and Davis. In this particular chapter, Aza and Davis are staring at the murky night sky and he is explaining that when they see Jupiter, they are not seeing it in real time, but in light-years. As he speaks, Aza is contemplating the constant spiral of thoughts that go through her head, but she is also enjoying his company. Davis is familiar with space, the stars, and the galaxy, and this song intrigued my interest as the perfect description just as it has intrigued Aza's so deeply that, for a seemingly still moment, she neglected her perpetual anxiety to a point where she felt normalized.]]> 2018-01-10 00:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jthompson203/furwxsu01vqh/wish/220012313