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Looking for Alaska
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Start date
August 1, 2014
Finish date
August 31, 2014
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Lynne Reeves Griffin
Mar 02, 2016 rated it really liked it
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The author handled the ambiguous and doing very well, though there are better books out there that do was coming of age.
Renuka
I really loved this book. I did. I loved the dirty, gritty, messed up, gorgeous Alaska. It was definitely for a mature audience, and I recommend reading the Fault in Our Stars first (it was funnier), but this was a great John Green book too.
Michael
Started this yesterday and found every chance I could to sneak a read and flew through the book quickly.

At first the book reminded as if I was watching one of my favorite comfort movies. With it up and down and that oh so catchy cast that you love to watch but are always larger then most of the people you will meet in life and that gives them their charm.

The book did end up taking me back to loss of a friend and then the memoires came back. The denial of death, being sure it was just a trick and
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Sarah
Apr 07, 2013 rated it it was ok
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Kelli V Spann
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B
Oct 23, 2019 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition