Looking for Alaska | John Green

Book: Looking for Alaska

Author: John Green

Age Rating: young adult (12+)

Page Count: 221 pages

Star Review: 5/5 stars

Summary: BEFORE. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words--and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for Culver Creek boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called "The Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including clever, beguiling, and self-destructive Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

AFTER. Nothing is ever the same.

Memorable Quote: "Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful."

I just want to mention that if sad books aren't for you, STAY AWAY FROM JOHN GREEN AT ALL COSTS. His books seem innocent at first before he pulls you right into Alaska's 'labyrinth of suffering' so you can cry your eyes out for days and still not be over his books! This book was such a strong debut, I see how he got so popular.

I love John Green. This book was incredible in every way, even better than I expected. It was emotional and realistic and funny and clever and everything that makes these books unique. I will mention that this one doesn't have as many jokes, but that could very easily be because of how this was Green's first book and he was still getting the hang of writing a novel. But everything else was fantastic.

The dialogue was witty, the characters were fleshed out and real, and the plot (while it was all over the place) was interesting. I loved the storyline and I loved how it kept changing. I like flexible plots like this one that are very unpredictable and while this book didn't have too many subplots (sadly) I really enjoyed the main plot. I was not able to put this book down, honestly. I kept wondering what would happen next and I absolutely adored it.

Would I recommend? For sure!!