I think that the plot of the book is good. Davis does ask Aza not to work on finding his father. Davis doesn’t really believe her – because his family is in the news so prominently and he thinks people are after the reward money. Aza and Davis reconnect and their friendship is rekindled. They get caught by a caretaker but Aza claims the is there to see Davis. Aza and Daisy get out of the boat on the estate to check and see if the camera is still in place. Aza recalls that when she knew Davis that there was a night vision camera in the woods by the river on their estate. Aza and Daisy take an old canoe down the river to check out the Puckett estate. Aza doesn’t believe that she can be of any help but goes along with Daisy. She remembers that Aza knew Davis and suggests that Aza can help her find Russell. Daisy would like to find information or Russell himself so that she can collect the reward. He left his two sons behind with caretakers. It seems he was about to be arrested for deceptive business practices and he just disappeared. Davis’s father, Russell, is fabulously wealthy.Īt lunch, Daisy is talking about Russell Puckett’s disappearance and the reward that is being offered for information leading to finding him. At the time of the story, they had not seen each other for a couple of years.

Davis lives down the river from Aza and his mother has died. One summer after Aza’s father died, she went to what she calls “sad camp”, a camp for children with a deceased parent.

They have been friends a long time and Daisy knows about Aza’s shortcomings as a friend and accepts them. It isn’t that she doesn’t care, it is that her mind can’t always be present with Daisy. Aza is not a great friend in that she gets caught up in her thought spirals and is unable to pay attention as a friend might normally pay attention. Aza has a best friend named Daisy Ramirez. She is under a doctor’s care but since she does not take her medicine as consistently as she should it does not help her much. She has thoughts that she can’t stop no matter how much she tries. It is not the repetitive behavior like hand washing. Her OCD is not what one might think of as OCD. Aza is 16, misses her dead father, and has OCD. Turtles All The Way Down is a story about Aza Holmes. You find out in the book what the title means. When a title has to be explained, I don’t think it hits the mark. I find it irritating when the title is so esoteric that you cannot see a connection between the story and the title. I know this is a bit off topic but I have to say that I don’t like it when I don’t understand the title of a book.

Aza turtles all the way down