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Looking for Alaska by John Green

77 reviews

jinglesmell1337's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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robin_reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
What was that. Seriously. What? 
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swell_el's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

john green captures the feelings of grief and loss so perfectly. it hurt my soul but i couldn’t stop reading. despite the bittersweet ending, it’s truly a beautiful book. 
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lauraeerika's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I think if i would’ve read this when I was around 14 years old I think I would’ve really loved this book, but I see the point that John green was trying to make like every single character was romanticized and for his first book this was actually not bad, I did feel empty and sick when the thing with Alaska happened but i didn’t cry i genuinely thought something more than that will happen but it didn’t, Lara deserved better.

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daralexandria's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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joshpayne00's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was a pretty enjoyable book, but I had a few issues with it.
  Once Alaska died pudge got pretty annoying. And I get he was in love with her and that he wanted/needed answers but he became completely narrow sited into believing he was the only one who cared, and I don’t think anyone when they loose someone thinks like that. I do love how the book ended with the final essay for religion, that was very clever.
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mine's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

This book definitely is one of the few books that'll stay with me for a long time. I've read it the first time for school 1 1/2 years ago and I've re-read it multiple times since then. I understand why some people might not like this book but I've always been a fan of John Green's writing style and I think that some of the quotes in this book can be quite inspiring. 
Even though I feel like some parts of the book were a little bit too predictable I thoroughly enjoyed it and will probably read it again sometime soon.
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