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Oct 26, 2013
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I have read a few John Green books. Each one has been a joy to read. Looking for Alaska didn't disappoint.
Miles Halter decides to look for his Great Perhaps and goes from a pubic school to a boarding school. He meets his roommate Chip "Colonel" Martin. Colonel nicknames Miles, Pudge. Pudge meets Alaska and Takumi.
The adventures they take Pudge on are his start to finding his Great Perhaps. Alaska and Pudge seem like very similar people but different at the same time.
I really enjoyed this book. ...more
Miles Halter decides to look for his Great Perhaps and goes from a pubic school to a boarding school. He meets his roommate Chip "Colonel" Martin. Colonel nicknames Miles, Pudge. Pudge meets Alaska and Takumi.
The adventures they take Pudge on are his start to finding his Great Perhaps. Alaska and Pudge seem like very similar people but different at the same time.
I really enjoyed this book. ...more
I enjoyed this story...not as much a Fault in Our Stars, however. I am thinking I need to read Paper Towns too....and it's going to be a movie.
Worth the time,and a quick read, for this one. ...more
Worth the time,and a quick read, for this one. ...more
I'm not going to lie, I didn't fall in love with this book. But it saved itself by the end.
What I did like: Chip, for the most part. His character stayed true throughout. The religion class, and the religion teacher. The ending, and the ending final paper. The character growth.
What I didn't like. Alaska. Trying too hard, she never rang true to me. I almost broke something with the ferocity of my eye-rolling. Miles at the beginning, although he grew on my by the end. The potential to really explo ...more
What I did like: Chip, for the most part. His character stayed true throughout. The religion class, and the religion teacher. The ending, and the ending final paper. The character growth.
What I didn't like. Alaska. Trying too hard, she never rang true to me. I almost broke something with the ferocity of my eye-rolling. Miles at the beginning, although he grew on my by the end. The potential to really explo ...more
I liked that idea of the great perhaps, getting out of the labyrinth, and all the famous last words. I enjoy John Green's style as a writer but preferred "The Fault in Our Stars" to this book.
Still worth the read. ...more
Still worth the read. ...more
I dare say I liked this better than "The Fault in Our Stars". Up until the last 50-70 pages it seemed like filler, going nowhere. Then the climax (about page 130). I was baffled how the next nearly 100 pages could be filled but the last half was my favorite part. Many deep and thought provoking questions and a good and satisfying ending in my opinion.
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There was a point, right smack dab in the middle of this book where I closed it and threw it across the room. But overall I enjoyed it.
I didn't love this the way that others do. For this I am sorry.
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