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Looking for Alaska
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February 1, 2013
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February 2, 2013

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Zineb
Mar 30, 2013 rated it really liked it

The synopsis says that Pudge is going to Culver Creek to seek his «Great Perhaps". It says that he encounters Alaska Young and nothing is the same after that. So, you start assuming that Love is his Great Perhaps. It's rather the loss of it. He fell in love with the crazy, unpredictable, whimsical, and somewhat annoying book lover Alaska, but this is not all of it. He befriends the Colonel, Takumi, and Lara. It was all going agonizingly smooth, until you realize that there's a catch. Alaska was
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Sapir
WOW. I don't know what to say. This was such a powerful novel that I think I will remember for a long time... I've read it cover-to-cover in two days, it was THAT GOOD.

John Green's writing style is just incredible. He has a way of making you feel all these emotions in such a heartbreaking, devastating way...

And Alaska really was an amazingly well-developed character. (view spoiler)
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Kay Kay
Apr 18, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2016, wobble16
I liked this book. It was sad and interesting. It kind of grows on you.
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Raisa
Jul 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 05, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Jan 02, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Feb 05, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 19, 2016 rated it it was ok
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Dec 27, 2016 rated it liked it
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Courtney
Mar 07, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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