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Looking for Alaska

John Green

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Jan 27, 2015 Jodez rated it really liked it

Shelves: pop-sugar-challenge-2015, book-riot-challenge-2015

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Looking for Alaska - John Green Not my favourite John Green book (Currently that honour goes to Paper Towns)... but it still hit me right in the feels.

I didn't feel it was as polished as his other books, being the first, and his characters lacked the depth that his later books have, but as it was still well written.

SPOILERy bits and my own thoughts/experiences to follow.

Firstly, the bit I didn't like... the counting the layers thing. JUST PLAIN CREEPY. Do teenage boys really think like ...more

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Jan 05, 2014 Morgan rated it it was amazing

This was so lovely. Just. *sighhhh*.

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Jul 17, 2014 Hannah Norman rated it really liked it

This was a genuinely sweet, albeit sad, representation of high school friendship. Green did a wonderful job of showing the realities of high school. The characters all seemed like real teenagers with issues that teenagers have.

There were times that I laughed out loud, and times that I cried like a baby. Another book well done, Mr. Green.

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Dec 30, 2014 Sara rated it liked it

Shelves: teen-tragedy, 2015-reads

I have now read three John Green books, in this order: The Fault in Our Stars, An Abundance of Katherines, and Looking for Alaska. It just so happens that I also prefer them in that order. Alaska is another great read, as all of Green's novels are, but I have been so spoiled by Fault that the other two just can't measure up. Get your tissues out when you read this one, folks.

Read if you like:
-John Green novels
-Famous last words
-Foul-mouthed, Mercurial teen girls
-Boarding schools
-People with nic ...more

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Jan 24, 2015 ktouton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

John Green has become one of my favorite writers.

I found some of the characters not all that believable, but I still found the story enjoyable.

I have read two John Green's books. Neither of them would ever be considered a comedy. Both have a love story within them. Just like living with teenagers, there are good, happy parts and there are tragic, manic parts.

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Jan 26, 2015 Katrina rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle-books, audiobooks, 2015-reads

for 2015 reading challenge: a book written by someone under 30

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I figured out what was going on "after" very early into the "after" and then spent the rest of the book screaming at Pudge & the Colonel for not figuring it out. while a good book, I wasn't nearly as impressed with this book as The Fault in Our Stars. ...more

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