My first John Green book - Simple, cute, lighthearted fun. A very entertaining, if a little pretentious, coming-of-age kinda tale. It was a nice break for in between all the dark and bloody books I've been reading lately! 
 It's also pretty damn amusing in parts. I want to share this quote before it actually made me laugh out loud: " "It's a penis," Margo said, "in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but it sure isn't big." " OOH BURN. 
 So, Quentin (Q) and Margo are 18 year olds in their last year of high school, and have lived next door to each other since they were little kids. Q has been in love with her the whole time, but as she's the popular kid and he's a nerd they are not friends. One night, Margo shows up at Qs window and convinces him to join her on a wild night of adventure, revenge and mildly illegal activities. The next day, she doesn't show up for school. She's run away from home again and this time her parents aren't going to look for her. Whenever she runs away, she leaves a series of vague and confusing clues. Q, along with his best friends Ben and Radar, attempt to figure them out and find her. A huge, wild Margo hunt ensues. 
 I REALLY did not like Margo. Not at the beginning, not through the middle and not at the end. She is selfish, self-obsessed, super bitchy, rude, judgemental, hypocritical, arrogant, oblivious, extremely pretentious and mean. No clue what Q sees in her, other than that she's hot. 
 The rest of the characters, however, I liked. Ben was annoying at the beginning (mostly cos he calls all girls 'honey bunnies'. Ugh.), but he grew on me. I liked the character development as well (actually, I wasn't a fan of Lacey, Margo's best friend. Not for the same reasons as Margo, but because I just didn't believein her as a character. She didn't seem real or consistent. Without spoiling anything, there is a scene near the end where Lacey has made a tremendous effort and given up quite a lot to achieve something and as soon as she begins to get it, one little thing wasn't quite as she expected and she's basically like 'ok fuck this' and leaves. Ridiculous. But anyway). 
 I will be reading more John Green books. I already have 'The Fault in our Stars' and 'Looking for Alaska' on my shelf waiting for me.