A review by natniss
Looking for Alaska by John Green

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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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