🚨🚨TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN 🐢🐢 REVIEW🚨🚨. This novel had changed my perspective on life. 'Turtles All The Way Down' is a John Green's fifth solo novel and sixth book overall. His latest prior work being 'The Fault in Our Stars' which caused a global phenomenon - sparking the creation of the 2014 film by the same title which stormed the Teen Choice Awards and made John Green a household name. 🐢 But there was a gap of five years since the release of the emotional film, and his new book - anticipating "Turtle's" release a lot. I have to say I was not dissapointed. 🐢 Overall I rate the book a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 stars as I felt that there were specific elements of the character development that could have been enriched - however, I couldn't fault the rest of the text. 🐢 Aza, the main character, is a 16 year old student suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and elements of Anxiety. Her mental illness is not specifically defined in the novel but it is assumed as this as we know that Green based this character on the struggles he endured suffering his mental illness of OCD. 🐢 The story itself has little plot development, we meet Aza at the beginning of the "plot" of the story and don't know much about her before this point. However, this only adds to the story - almost keeping it in real time and making the reader feel like they simply stepped into and out of Aza's life. 🐢 Aza's Best and Most Fearless Friend Daisy is a very hard headed and talkative character with a zest for life. Daisy is also witnessed being a subplot for the storyline. 🐢 Aza's love interest (where would John Green be without a good love story) is the local "rich boy" Davis Pickett - the charming and misunderstood cynic who lives on the opposite side of White River, Indiana to Aza. 🐢 The final character that I would like to mention is Dr. Singh. She is Aza's psychologist for the entirety of the text - however, I would like to mention that she is not an accurate example of a psychologist in the sense that a real psychologist will take a lot more time and effort with you, whereas Aza was a fictional character and was extremely introverted. 🐢The themes of the text were pleasantly different to anything Green has written before and I greatly appreciate the time an effort he took into completely such a heartfelt novel. 🐢 I have one main issues with the story 🚨 SPOILER 🚨 There is a scene where Daisy begins to yell at Aza for having a mental illness resulting in a terrible accident. 🚨 This part of the story drove me mental, I do not love Daisy as a character as she is too forceful, but I especially don't like those that blow her off. 🚨 Daisy - along with Aza's mum, and Aza's doctor, Green is able to put together a story about love, trails, tribulations and the keys to happiness that delve far away from 'Paper Towns' and 'The Fault in Our Stars'. 🐢 Xx @bookwings27
