I was so reluctant to read this book because I disliked "The Fault In OUr Stars" so muchand was worried they would be simialr, or at least similarly unenjoyable but much to my surprise I thouroughly enjoued"Looking for Alaska". This was a book about "Pudge" who goes to a co-ed boarding school in Ala...
"I go to seek a Great Perhaps"Miles Halter found his Great Perhaps and then some when he meets Alaska Young at a co-ed boarding school he enrolls at in Alabama. His claim to fame is memorizing famous peoples last words, which he quotes throughout the book. This is a coming of age novel about how Mil...
I never planned to read this book because I had the huge “surprise” about Alaska ruined for me. However, my boyfriend had a copy and one night I decided to just read it since I had little else to do. I actually didn't put it down until I finished it. Even though I knew a big spoiler I was still able...
Miles is obsessed with famous last words, and it is Francois Rabelais' last word which inspire him to convince his parents to send him to a boarding school in Alabama; in search of "the Great Perhaps." There Miles quickly makes friends with his new roommate, Colonel, and another group of students in...
There's been a lot of hype about John Green especially since the movie "the Fault in our Stars" hit the theaters. I finally decided to pick up "Looking for Alaska"....with absolutely no idea of what I was getting myself into. I had to borrow this book twice just because I couldn't bring myself to fi...
John Green definitely hit it out of the park with this one, especially for a first book. I love looking for Alaska. It grabs you from the very first moment you start it, and doesn't let you go, even after it ends. This was my first John Green novel, and I was not disappointed. Originally, I was stee...
My biggest complaint re: Looking for Alaska is that it is not The Fault in Our Stars. I realize that this is an idiotic, irrational, and patently unfair complaint, but please understand that TFIOS is one of my all-time favorite novels (and novels do not make my all-time favorite list easily) and tha...
I failed to understand this book. May be it was not my cup of tea!?! or may be my interest is deteriorating in YAs these days, not sure! Coming to this book there are various reason for which I didn’t enjoy reading this. To start with I didn’t find any character likable. Especially Alaska! She w...
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