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Looking for Alaska

John Green

Start date: November 1, 2013

Finish date: November 30, 2013

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Sep 21, 2014 Vikas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: unhauled

Looking for Alaska is debut novel by John Green. I have seen watching his youtube channel for a very long time and finally I decided to jump in to read his books. This book is told in time periods - Before and After (Alaska). At the core this book is about 5 friends in an elite school. But it's also about life and how can you move on if your friend and the one you had crush on dies. Now I am on to 'An Abundance of Katherines'.

People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply ...more

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Apr 17, 2014 Paras rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

As soon as I had started reading the book, I wasn't getting good vibes out of it.

Needless to say, it was teenage crap filled with pretentious depression of Pudge, who fell in love with moody-depressed-bitchy Alaska. There was not a single character, whom I looked forward to reading about. The pranks were so old school, it looked like I had tumbled upon Enid Blyton books while reading about those pranks. I think even those children books did a better job at playing school pranks.
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Mar 22, 2013 Bhargavi Balachandran rated it it was amazing

Shelves: borrowed-books, 2014

Bitter-sweet, philosophical and utterly brilliant!A deeply personal book that will remain with me forever. I am officially a fan of John Green's writing. ...more

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Oct 25, 2014 Malvika Puranik rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014

the book makes us question what are a person's thoughts in their last moment. How do people they left battle with their emotions about the person.

"how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?" the quote aptly describes, how a person feels when they lose someone close to them. and how they keep on blaming themselves, would things
be different had they behaved differently.

A fun and eccentric person like Alaska leaves a lot of questions. A young girl who feels if she slips, things will go wrong. Th ...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Anuj Shrivastava rated it really liked it

Shelves: favourites

sweet, sober, short, simple , effective and to the point very interesting

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Nov 01, 2015 Vandhana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books_i_own

When started it was a normal story... was like an Indian author romance. But as the story proceeds it did show the difference. The best thing I liked about the book is the "Last words". John Green makes you to start looking for some by your self! ...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Sanika rated it liked it

After reading a long list of trilogies and more, LOOKING FOR ALASKA made a good read. Moreover, John Green has created a wonderful character - Alaska. You will like her and hate her at the same time.

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