I’ve never had it to a degree like Aza does but I could see how these things happen and how damaging they can be and how much they affected Aza. I’ve spent sleepless nights Googling things and been disengaged from conversations because I can’t focus. I thought the way she talked about them and detailed her spirals were relatable and very real. As someone who has anxiety from time to time, I related to the spiraling thoughts. ‘Tortugas hasta el infinito’ or ‘turtles until infinity.’ I’m not sure why this wasn’t used for a title unless the selected title is a colloquialism or common phrase I’m not familiar with. It roughly translates to ‘A thousand times until forever.’ I figured the turtle metaphor didn’t translate well, but when it came up in the book, it seemed fine to me. This happens a lot with colloquialisms or puns that don’t translate. Both of these items become stronger later in the book and the first two chapters set my idea for the book before I was able to get into them.Ī note about the translation: I haven’t read the English version but there weren’t a lot of times in this one where I could tell the translation had to be altered to deal with the language barrier. I think a lot of these expectations came from reading the first two chapters and then putting the book on hold for a while. Again, I’m not angry at how it turned out, it was just different than I expected. It seems like Green can have major-secondary characters and minor-secondary characters and I’d expected Daisy to land in the latter category at first.

I also didn’t expect Daisy to play as big a role as she did. I like that Green found a way to balance this. From the summary, I thought the plot was going to focus on the Picketts more. I wasn’t expecting Aza’s illness to come into the story the way it did. There were parts of this book that I wasn’t expecting. 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. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis.Īza is trying. Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan)Īza 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. Other books by Green reviewed on this blog: Mil veces hasta siempre (Turtles All the Way Down) by John Green

Turtles all the way down book summary