I really enjoyed Paper Towns and was thinking about reading Looking for Alaska because John Green's writing was fantastic.

Question: Was this book depressing pretty much the whole way through or was there funny stuff, some suspense, etc. I'm trying to understand the pace and tenor of the book before possibly getting it.

It gets such great reviews from everyone but then everyone says how depressing it is. I can deal with some depressing stuff happening in the book, but I don't like it when pretty much the whole book is depressing stuff.

Example: I did NOT like Catcher in the Rye

DD,

I think Looking for Alaska is even more depressing than Paper Towns. There was some fun stuff in the beginning primarily, then about 2/3 into it, it gets very-very sad.

"An Abundance of Katherines" is a much lighter Green's book, but IMO it's not as good as his other 2.

Hope it helps.

Personally I liked Katherines the best of his books as it has a nice balance of teens and also some adults that were role models.

I liked Looking for Alaska better than Paper Towns, but it is sad, but thought provoking. I think it really touched upon the long term impact of grief.

I just finished this yesterday. Yes, it is most definitely sad, but it is brilliant. It hurts, but there's some great funny, and some really great "thinking moments" that make you say wow.

I liked Paper Towns better, but that just might be because I read it first and was slightly biased.

Looking for Alaska was a really good book but I do agree it was sort of depressing. Also there were some really awkward (but kind of funny) teenage almost sex scenes in the book.

Anna wrote: "Personally I liked Katherines the best of his books as it has a nice balance of teens and also some adults that were role models.

I liked Looking for Alaska better than Paper Towns, but it is sa..."

I also agree with Anna. An Abundance of Katherines was a really good book that was well written and had a lot of interesting facts and characters in it. So far my favorite John Green book is An Abundance of Katherines but Looking For Alaska is also a very good and touching book to read.

Looking for Alaska was my first Green book and by far my favorite. The other two seem ripped off from his winning formula. Alaska was brilliant and I thought Green made a lot of great points about life, love and religion.