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Looking for Alaska

John Green

Start date: May 6, 2015

Finish date: May 10, 2015

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Aug 15, 2017 Celeste rated it did not like it

Shelves: audio-book, read-harder-challenge-2017

If you can get over the crass language and inordinate amount of underage drinking and smoking-which is a bulk of what the characters do, then there is some interesting dialogue among the characters. I couldn't relate to any of the characters or the setting and the only part I even really enjoyed was the junior prank with the guest speaker-that was hilarious. This book is a bit like Catcher in the Rye and I'm not the intended audience for either books. (Read Harder Challenge: a book that has been ...more

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Oct 10, 2016 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: introducing-great-new-characters, ya, mystery, religion

John Green doesn't disappoint. I wish I had read this book before I read Paper Towns because they were similar, but this book has some great lines in it and was (I think) stronger than Paper Towns overall.

This book is truly a 4.5, I might come back and switch it to 5 if it haunts me over the next few weeks. ...more

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Feb 20, 2016 Gina rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult

Good, but not my favorite John Green book.

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Jun 05, 2018 Gina rated it really liked it

Man, John Green sure likes to slap you in the face with reality. What sucks about that is the fact that he makes you care about the characters first, before bringing big fat tragedy into their lives. It effects me, John Green, it really does. So, this book starts out with camaraderie, young love, awkward moments, funny moments, and so on, then bam! Tragedy. Sadness, anguish, depression, blame, anger, sorrow, ugh. It works, though. I was caught up in the story, I felt their pain, I was swept away ...more

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