Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Amazon Description:

“Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy 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. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .After. Nothing is ever the same.”

My Thoughts:

I fell in love with John Green with “The Fault in Our Stars.”

Going back to the beginning of Green’s list, “Looking for Alaska” is his debut novel. It was good…but I didn’t love it. It moves a bit slow and then gets very redundant “after.” However, Green clearly has a keen talent and I look forward to reading more of his work.

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