Looking For Alaska : Ipsa, Kavya, Mia, Sreehitha

[Kavya]

I finished the before part.

[Mia]

Kavya wrote: "Mia wrote: "53% : ..."

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I know!!! Finallllyyyyy someone who sees atleast some flaws😭😭😭 I am so happy I can cryyyy

[Mia]

57% : (view spoiler)[

• Okay.. so I am on page 201, part I just ended.

• OMG. Did John Green just make me go through a blow job and two drunkards cheating on their boyfriend/girlfriend.. did he!? I might sound like an asshole because I am only pointing at the bad points of the book (if you even consider them that or just my opinion) but first impression is the last, unless you surprise me to a heart attack, and that hasn't happened.. all I can see is bad, bad, Worse, MINUSSSS!!




I hate cheating! I hate it so much!! I don't care about the circumstances or even these were in love (which the fuckin' are not!) but they were disloyal to the partners, even if it were a kiss. It was a lust infatuated kiss and Lara and Jake deserve better even though I don't care about them. Second, first kiss because of a truth and dare game!? Missy if you like him, be decent, tell him, tell YOURSELF, and decide what you gonna-- these two are so reckless, I-




• Reckless? Did I say reckless?

“I have to get out of here!” she cried.“What’s wrong?” I asked.“I forgot! God, how many times can I fuck up?” she said. I didn’t even have time to wonder what she forgot before she screamed, “I JUST HAVE TO GO. HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE!”

She sat down and put her head between her legs, sobbing. “Just please distract the Eagle right now so I can go. Please.”

“Fuck,” she said. “Just get rid of the Eagle for me,” she said, her sobs childlike half screams. “God oh God, I’m so sorry.”

And she goes. And her friends let her go. #Friendshipgoals

• “But a lot of times, people die how they live. And so last words tell me a lot about who people were, and why they became the sort of people biographies get written about. Does that make sense?”“Yeah,” she said.“Yeah?” Just yeah?“Yeah,” she said, and then went back to reading.I didn’t know how to talk to her. And I was frustrated with trying, so after a little while, I got up to go.



He's so biased. I feel sorry for Lara, although she's dumb to think Miles even likes her.. but I can't blame her. What else does he expect a person to say. She's letting you talk unlike your "friends", she's listening to what you like, why you like, unlike "your friends". Do you expect her to suddenly to gain superpowers and play with you dead people's last words trivia! He's so annoying!
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[Kavya]

I finished the book (view spoiler)[ . I....idk... I don't feel like writing anythinn about it. It's like...like i knew what was coming i saw what was coming i saw that I'm gonnna cry for a real long time now and still i read it... I read it and hugged the book and cried... She's not dead for me tho.... I feel her presence...like..i know u don't like the book and everythin...but I love her..and yeahh... Even if she's ...dead...i feel her presence. And i will never forget her... I can't. (hide spoiler)]

[Mia]

Just finished..
Here are the thoughts, hope Kavya doesn't kill me😶 (well she won't.. she's nice 🙂) : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kavya]

Mia wrote: "Just finished..
Here are the thoughts, hope Kavya doesn't kill me😶 (well she won't.. she's nice 🙂) : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Aww i won't kill u 😅. Yeahh I'm nice. 😪

😂😂

[Kavya]

Where r u guyss??
Ipsa and sreehitha?? And where r ur thoughts??... I felt like the only people talking about the book on this thread were mia nd me.

[Ipsa]

Ipsa is so busy ruining her life with PCM, she's gonna catch up nd read today 😓😓 (*feeling sorry for myself*)

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: "Ipsa is so busy ruining her life with PCM, she's gonna catch up nd read today 😓😓 (*feeling sorry for myself*)"

That sucks.. 11th or 12th? I had PCMB and I am so fuckin' glad Covid happened, even though I would always partly depressed, it's better than having to suicide (NO I AM NOT SUICIDAL!)

[Ipsa]

I'm in 11th, what about you?

[Kavya]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: "Ipsa is so busy ruining her life with PCM, she's gonna catch up nd read today 😓😓 (*feeling sorry for myself*)"

That sucks.. 11th or 12th? I had PCMB and I am so fuckin' glad Covid hap..."
Covid can be good in some ways. r u in college?

[Mia]

Kavya wrote: "Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: "Ipsa is so busy ruining her life with PCM, she's gonna catch up nd read today 😓😓 (*feeling sorry for myself*)"

That sucks.. 11th or 12th? I had PCMB and I am so fuckin' gl..."

Ipsa wrote: "I'm in 11th, what about you?"

Just passed 12th

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: "I'm in 11th, what about you?"

That sucks badddly.. you have to get concepts cleared. Doesn't matter your grades but study a lot. It's the same as ninth, you won't be able to understand one thing if your 11th is not significantly understood

[Ipsa]

i know, i know. You are right. Plus the coaching and all... :'(

[Ipsa]

The Colonel laughed, and I wondered why he wouldn't stand up for his girlfriend.
this made me think that Miles seemed to be somewhat decent. And then right after that he wrote
I wouldn't have cared if my girlfriend was a Jaguar-driving Cyclops with a beard-I'd have been grateful just to have someone to make out with.
umm, excuse me? Oh is that what a girlfriend is for!? I suppose so many people have been doing it wrong till now. Seriously what was this?

[Ipsa]

My teachers have always been card carrying members of the Miles Halter Fan Club
That sounds so disrespectful and narcissistic...

[Ipsa]

"Right. I don't know what I'll do now. I mean, it was nice to have her. I'm a mad guy, Pudge. What do i do with that?"
"You can fight with me," I said. I put my controller down and leaned back on our foam couch and was asleep.
As I drifted off, I heard the Colonel say, "I can't be mad at you, you harmless skinny bastard."

That was so sweet... I think I'm beginning to really like Miles's and the Colonel's friendship. Though don't much like their relationship with Alaska... Even though i get that she doesn't feel like she can confide in anyone, i really wish she could've found friends that made her feel like she could, that even made her want to, and those who would still like her, even after seeing just how broken she was.

[Kavya]

Ipsa wrote: ""Right. I don't know what I'll do now. I mean, it was nice to have her. I'm a mad guy, Pudge. What do i do with that?"
"You can fight with me," I said. I put my controller down and leaned back on o..."

I kinda agree :)

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: ""Right. I don't know what I'll do now. I mean, it was nice to have her. I'm a mad guy, Pudge. What do i do with that?"
"You can fight with me," I said. I put my controller down and leaned back on o..."

I know... Alaska deserved better friends. Not saying because I like Alaska any way.. but everyone deserves someone who would accept and tell them to get there shit right when they are being an ass, without having to worry about that this would ruin their friendship. Ughhhhhhhh

[Ipsa]

Exactly, but not just that. It was for her to feel accepted the way she was. The entirety of her being. I think if her friends were reliable, there would've been a more healthy way to deal with her mood swings, and they in turn would come less frequently.

[Ipsa]

Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, i thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching- a pale reflection of the fireworks of one mouth on another, but a reflection nonetheless. And in the almostness pf the moment, I cared at least enough.

Is their relationship purely lust? I can't help but not like Miles very much..

[Ipsa]

"It's not because I want to make out with her."
"Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excitedly at the paper as if he'd just made a mathematical breakthrough, and then looked back up at me. "I just did some calculations and I've been able to determine that you're full of shit."

Haha, the Colonel might be my favourite character of the book. He's such a good friend, and he's got his priorities sorted. Also, he calls Miles out on his shit. I really like him as a character.

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: "Exactly, but not just that. It was for her to feel accepted the way she was. The entirety of her being. I think if her friends were reliable, there would've been a more healthy way to deal with her..."

Yepp!!! You get the point! These friends are the ones who would get drunk with you, dance with you till club owner literally throws you out and then they will walk to thier houses four blocks away, leaving your drunk ass to hault itself in your car and let you drive like that.. ugh

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: " Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, i thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching- a pale reflection of the fireworks of one..."

I know!! I have been talking about it all the while!! I am so happy you see it🙈🙈

[Ipsa]

"So why don't you go home for vacations?"
"I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them."

I just want someone to be there! Any-freaking-one. Whom she could talk to. Who could help. In any freaking way! There was so obviously something wrong, something going on. Why are the most significant of statements just left off like that without any further discussion, why???

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: ""It's not because I want to make out with her."
"Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excitedly at the paper as if he'd just made a mathematical breakthrough, and then looked back up at me. "..."

He had his share of dipshit but he sure is better as compared to others🙇🏻‍♀️

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: " "So why don't you go home for vacations?"
"I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them."

I just want someone to be there! Any-freaking-one. Whom she could talk to. Who could help. ..."

Bcs they don't care!! Your best friend, hottest girl on the planet! fills her lungs with smoke!? Who cares!?

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: "Exactly, but not just that. It was for her to feel accepted the way she was. The entirety of her being. I think if her friends were reliable, there would've been a more healthy way to ..."

Exactly

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: " Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, i thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching- a pale reflection of the fir..."

I do, I don't like Miles. But i like this book... Ik u don't like it, but for some reason i do. And i do care for Alaska Young. And i do wanna punch her good for nothing friends and i do wanna be there for her myself.

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: ""It's not because I want to make out with her."
"Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excitedly at the paper as if he'd just made a mathematical breakthrough, and then looked bac..."
Exactly... But it's like.. the Colonel had his human share of flaws, but he had a personality beyond those flaws! He cared! He felt. He was real.. idk, he just seems to be a much more decent person, and i Don't even know why

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: " "So why don't you go home for vacations?"
"I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them."

I just want someone to be there! Any-freaking-one. Whom she could talk to. Who..."

That's fucking awful

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: "Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: " Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, i thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching- a pale reflectio..."

Omg.. no I didn't meant that I or anyone outside the book doesn't care, I meant none of the carachters cared. Ofcourse I would want to be there for her to get her shit straight or to let her know that her problems and her real self is not invisible to the whole world. I would want to help her to let her see that those she thinks are her friends are actually not and how much she's worth without having to act like the person she pretends for the world.

[Ipsa]

I stared up at the starriest night, convinced myself that she felt it too, that her hand so alive and vivid against my leg was more than playful, and fuck Lara and fuck Jake because i do, Alaska Young, i do love you and what else Matters but that...

No. No, no, no, I can't accept this... From every person who has ever truly loved and be loved.. I can't accept this. Love? Love??? No. No, for if you loved her, even cared for her for beyond her curves, you would have found a way, you would have found a way to be there, there's so much more to love than this, so fucking much. I can't believe this... And fuck Lara??? There's so much wrong with that I don't even know where to begin

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: " I stared up at the starriest night, convinced myself that she felt it too, that her hand so alive and vivid against my leg was more than playful, and fuck Lara and fuck Jake because i do, Alaska Y..."

💃💃💃💃💃 I don't know why I am so happy, yes that's wrong!!

[Ipsa]

"Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolívar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?"

Alaska Young, i want to look into your mind, i want to see what's there, because there is certainly so much more than this surface scratching that is going on..

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: "Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: " Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, i thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching- a p..."

No, no! I wasn't targeting u or anything! I'm just saying that right now, that's what i want to do

[Ipsa]

Mia wrote: "Ipsa wrote: " I stared up at the starriest night, convinced myself that she felt it too, that her hand so alive and vivid against my leg was more than playful, and fuck Lara and fuck Jake because i..."

You just needed someone to see it

[Ipsa]

"OK. Knock knock."
"Who's there?" said Alaska.
I looked at her blankly. About a minute later I got it and laughted.

I'm probably dumb, but I still haven't got the joke

[Ipsa]

they just let her go. Drunk as fuck, sobbing and maniacal, and they let her drive like that, helped even.. I know they had a reason but... Oh my God..

[Mia]

Ipsa wrote: "they just let her go. Drunk as fuck, sobbing and maniacal, and they let her drive like that, helped even.. I know they had a reason but... Oh my God.."

I knew right then that it was the worst thing and they fucked up big time and I lost hope in this book

[Ipsa]

I got the Colonel, you know? Like for once, it had been just too much. And on the worst possible day, on the worst possible day he decided he'd had enough... And as for Miles.. I don't know. i don't know what to say.. They fucked up, but I don't think i can blame them, or i can i don't know.

[Kavya]

I don't blame them. The Colonel had enough of Alaska that day. He let her go. And she just fucked up. Miles was so engrossed in finally feeling that Alaska felt smthin for him that he just.... Did what she asked him to. Without thinking. The guilt...the regret was eating them up afterwards.

[Mia]

Kavya wrote: "I don't blame them. The Colonel had enough of Alaska that day. He let her go. And she just fucked up. Miles was so engrossed in finally feeling that Alaska felt smthin for him that he just.... Did ..."

That's no explanation. That's being careless, ridiculous, not caring. The Colonel might have had enough but he still was friends with her for 2 years and that was enough of a reason for him to stop her. And Miles, oh so "madly in love" Miles couldn't have professed his love in a better way

[Kavya]

well it's not like they knew it's gonna happen. maybe that's no explanation... i guess

[Ipsa]

there's no explanation. period. She wasn't wrong or right and neither were they... It's just the humanness of this whole thing and how on a single day every possible thing could go wrong, so many wrong things coincided and...

[Ipsa]

on any other day, they could've let her go and she wouldn't die, or on that day she could've been rational for once or on that day Takumi could've taken her more seriously or the truck could've been fine or the policeman could've moved his cruiser or Jake could've called later or she could've been drunk enough to not wake up or anyone else could've taken that call before her

[Ipsa]

But that. didn't. happen.

[Ipsa]

So it wasn't anyone, singularly.. That doesn't relieve any of them, but at least it holds them in equal guilt.

[Ipsa]

I finished the book

[Mia]

Ugh.. I am just annoyed with the friends ig. Because I would never ever let someone drive like that even if it came to start screaming for the principal to stop her and lock her in a room (where there are no fans or sharp objects!) God.. she needed someone to talk to and understand.. wtf😣