My Review : Turtles All the Way Down is a heart-warming and real representation of the infinity-like state of being that is anxiety and the irresistible, automatic rituals of obsessive compulsive disorders. In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed … shares Aza’s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. 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 Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.Īza is trying. Summary (via Goodreads): Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery 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. And I wanted to tell him that the idea of being in a feeling gave language to something I couldn’t describe before, created a form for it, but I couldn’t figure out how to say any of that out loud.” “When my thoughts spiraled, I was in the spiral, and of it.

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

Summary of turtles all the way down