Looking For Alaska. John Green.
After this book, I think that john green has finally managed to become one of those authors which I don't know wheather to read more of, or steer clear of.
Let me break it down.
Reading the Fault In Our Stars, I'm like "Well, this is a great book, he's a great writer." ... reading Paper Town, I'm thinking that The Fault In Our Stars was just a fluke. Now I read Looking For Alaska, and I'm banging my head against the table in frustration because Green just is giving me mixed signal.
I think the reason this book was one of the better John Green books, was because of the way he developed his characters as so realistic, that you had to feel connected to them and understand, yet the plot so funny and drama soap opera, yet not cliche kept me on the edge of my seat!
Now, if your living in a five star black hole and think that Alaska is a contanent or country or whatever it is teachers teach you, well it's not.
Looking for Alaska is story by John Green written in the perspective of new boy, loner, last word memorizer, Miles "Pudge" H. Moving to a new town, a new private school, he expects everything to be the same. No friends, no life. But, when he gets there he is greeted by people with weird (I like to say unique) talents. Within that supposedly said people,is Alaska Young. The strong, broken, beautiful Miss Young. She takes Pudge on an epic new adventure of breaking rules, searching a Great Perhaps, and learning more about himself and her. She's taught him so much, Before. What about After.
So, that was basically the summery. I liked John Green's take on this teenage story. So unrealistic, you know you're probably not going to get away with drinking, smoking right under the counselors nose and pass all your classes. Yet, the idea of this journey is one that I think would intrigue younger readers.
The characters were amazing.
Alaska, although seeming a bit scripted, seemed to have this aura of sadness, the way she would talk about death as if it was nothing more. Pudge, was very on going. The way he grew from being alone to breaking more than school laws. And the side characters who didn't even feel like side characters but more like, added a bit of sparkle to the story, were perfect.
All in all this is a very dark, scary, fun, contemporary/mystery read. I recomend this book to ages 13-20. Or if you really like Green. Now excuse me while I go throw my books into the wall to try to figure out if I like Greens books.