Thursday 15 May 2014

Looking For Alaska-JOhn Green

Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.

After. Nothing is ever the same


I went into this book not having a clue what it was about, all I knew is a lot of people refer to this as John Greens best work of art. One piece of the story that I think made me love it more was the fact that it involved boarding school, which I am most likely attending next year, I hope that my school is different and the same as this. That's an odd statement but it's true. I finished this book in 48 hours, I found that I was in love with miles roommate, but I loved Alaska she had SO MANY BOOKS, and they weren't popular heard of books. They were books she bought for like twenty five cents and she just liked to read so she read whatever. HOW AWESOME IS THAT. This school also had an interesting religions course, I actually found myself enjoying the parts of the book where they were in class.  It's difficult to review this and not spoil it, so i'll say please read it it deals with, death and grief and aspects we don't always see. I go to seek a great perhaps, how will I ever make it out of this labyrinth. I give it 4.5 out of 5, it didn't make me cry but I have a cold heart so nothing really does
-jordyn

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