Reviews with content warning for Grief - Looking for Alaska

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Looking for Alaska by John Green

196 reviews

mwesthaven's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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millywithay's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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pselden's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-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: Yes

I don't know what I expected with this book, but it wasn't this. Looking for Alaska is so much more. Thank you for bringing this story into the world, John Green, and for sharing it with us. 💜

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sunset_orange's review against another edition

1.0

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natniss's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I've put off reading more John Green for a few years since The Fault in Our Stars had me SOBBING in public. I was sensible and read this one at home so only my fiancé saw the state I was in by the end.

I didn't like any of the characters but I believed in them. The protagonist is callous and more concerned with getting some action than anything else but I think that was true for a lot of us in our teens.

Although you can probably tell what's coming,

Alaska's death

is so painful. When I was at school a

boy died in an accident and it really turned the world upside down for us other kids because most of us hadn't known someone young die before or hadn't given much thought to the concept that one of our peers could die so young. One day he was there and the next he was gone.

Whether or not someone reading this had something happen at a similar age, that they can relate to this book, I think for most readers it will be a very emotional read.

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phantastic's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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alisondn96's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a re-read from years and years ago. Still holds up today

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maryp20's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an interesting read; I went into it knowing practically nothing. I think this is a really reflective story of teenagers navigating high school, friendship, love, and grief. John Green does a great job communicating the impact a person has on other people no matter how big or small and the way he intertwined the story with learning and understanding different religions was genius. I only felt that the story was slow to read and at times the monologue felt repetitive.

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