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A review by aphelele
Looking for Alaska by John Green
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
I loved the book, but I didn’t read the last few chapters added in the deluxe version.
I feel like it brought back the writer in me, because in my notes added in the Books app on the iOS device I get influenced by one of John Green’s lines, and my own thought process gets sparked.
This alone just shows how much of a great writer John Green is, I honestly just felt present through almost every moment in the book, it felt like he wanted me to be deeply included in the reading process, and I felt it more when Miles and Chip (Pudge and the Colonel) tried reliving Alaska’s last few moments, I felt a sense of rejuvenation, it was almost as if Alaska was MY friend and I was a real-time griever too.
It honestly isn’t the saddest book I read but it is relatively sad, and you find yourself shedding tears quite often after Alaska’s death. Alaska’s personality was shitty at times, but she was a teenager and through her persona her age was depicted, I grew to love her regardless and I was also reminded of myself through her.
I loved the book, just hated how they didn’t quickly think of the one significant event that occurred in Alaska’s life, which is her mother’s death. Great friends I guess.
I feel like it brought back the writer in me, because in my notes added in the Books app on the iOS device I get influenced by one of John Green’s lines, and my own thought process gets sparked.
This alone just shows how much of a great writer John Green is, I honestly just felt present through almost every moment in the book, it felt like he wanted me to be deeply included in the reading process, and I felt it more when Miles and Chip (Pudge and the Colonel) tried reliving Alaska’s last few moments, I felt a sense of rejuvenation, it was almost as if Alaska was MY friend and I was a real-time griever too.
It honestly isn’t the saddest book I read but it is relatively sad, and you find yourself shedding tears quite often after Alaska’s death. Alaska’s personality was shitty at times, but she was a teenager and through her persona her age was depicted, I grew to love her regardless and I was also reminded of myself through her.
I loved the book, just hated how they didn’t quickly think of the one significant event that occurred in Alaska’s life, which is her mother’s death. Great friends I guess.