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mandycantsleep's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I remember reading this in middle school and absolutely loving it. So I decided to reread it now, as a 22-year-old, and I cannot say it resulted in the same outcome. I feel like a lot of the book was ... completely unnecessary.
The second half of the book felt super drawn out, I think it could have been wrapped up in just a few chapters. I was listening to the audiobook, so it ended up being 3.5 hours of the second half. Honestly, I started to lose interest after an hour in.
It was fairly obvious to me why Alaska was going out (maybe it was my memory from 10 years ago? Or more likely, just the fact that she talked about her worst day prior (her mom's death), and the date she drove off was around the same time in January.) I was just getting really annoyed at the characters, I felt like screaming through my screen, "SHE WAS GOING TO SEE HER MOM! OBVIOUSLY!" So when they finally figured it out, it wasn't some big conclusion for me.
I also think maybe it was just a bit young for me. While I was definitely too young to be reading this in middle school, I think maybe high school is the best demographic for this book. Overall, it's a really intense story and had me hooked in the first half, but lost me in the second.
The second half of the book felt super drawn out, I think it could have been wrapped up in just a few chapters. I was listening to the audiobook, so it ended up being 3.5 hours of the second half. Honestly, I started to lose interest after an hour in.
It was fairly obvious to me why Alaska was going out (maybe it was my memory from 10 years ago? Or more likely, just the fact that she talked about her worst day prior (her mom's death), and the date she drove off was around the same time in January.) I was just getting really annoyed at the characters, I felt like screaming through my screen, "SHE WAS GOING TO SEE HER MOM! OBVIOUSLY!" So when they finally figured it out, it wasn't some big conclusion for me.
I also think maybe it was just a bit young for me. While I was definitely too young to be reading this in middle school, I think maybe high school is the best demographic for this book. Overall, it's a really intense story and had me hooked in the first half, but lost me in the second.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Blood, and Vomit
q_bert13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
My first time reading a book by John Green, can only compliment his writing style, and his ability to make characters that are truly fleshed out and flawed, but characters you enjoy as well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
allysm0llbean's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
carina_dreamer's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Esta é a minha primeira experiência com o autor.
🌼Este livro deu-me vibes semelhantes ao "A Culpa é das Estrelas" (mesmo só tendo visto spoilers aleatório do filme ao longo dos anos).
É um jovem adulto com uma temática tão realista que não há como nos sentirmos indiferentes ao que é discutido.
🌼 O protagonista é um jovem que gosta de ler biografias para conhecer as últimas palavras ditas pelas pessoas (John Green admitiu também gostar de saber essas coisas no final do livro).
Sem amigos na escola, sem sentido para a sua vida e sem conhecer o amor, Miles muda-se para o colégio interno onde o pai estudou. É lá que a sua vida vai florescer, entre partidas, rivalidades, amizades, bebidas e muita lealdade.
🌼 Aconselho vividamente para adolescentes. É bom para abordar o assunto da fatalidade e ajudá-los a processar que os jovens não são intocáveis. Que quando o inesperado acontece não há como fugir à realidade.
🌼 Eu gostei que o autor escreveu as duas metades do livro (o Antes e o Depois - em relação ao ponto de viragem da estória) com exatamente a mesma diferença cronológica: 136 dias. O meu lado de escritora não resiste a este tipo de detalhes 😍
Apreciei também como no final o nosso protagonista termina o livro com um momento de reflexão que demonstra aquilo que aprendeu durante aquele ano letivo em relação à sua vida. É algo raro de encontrar nos livros que leio.
🌼 Aquilo que não gostei tanto foi que não me conectei grande coisa com os personagens. Tenho mais 10 anos que o público alvo, não me surpreende que tenha tido essa reação, mas também não fui uma adolescente muito semelhante a eles. Acabei por sentir um distanciamento, mas isso não me impediu de soltar uma meia dúzia de lágrimas quando mereceu.
🌼Este livro deu-me vibes semelhantes ao "A Culpa é das Estrelas" (mesmo só tendo visto spoilers aleatório do filme ao longo dos anos).
É um jovem adulto com uma temática tão realista que não há como nos sentirmos indiferentes ao que é discutido.
🌼 O protagonista é um jovem que gosta de ler biografias para conhecer as últimas palavras ditas pelas pessoas (John Green admitiu também gostar de saber essas coisas no final do livro).
Sem amigos na escola, sem sentido para a sua vida e sem conhecer o amor, Miles muda-se para o colégio interno onde o pai estudou. É lá que a sua vida vai florescer, entre partidas, rivalidades, amizades, bebidas e muita lealdade.
🌼 Aconselho vividamente para adolescentes. É bom para abordar o assunto da fatalidade e ajudá-los a processar que os jovens não são intocáveis. Que quando o inesperado acontece não há como fugir à realidade.
🌼 Eu gostei que o autor escreveu as duas metades do livro (o Antes e o Depois - em relação ao ponto de viragem da estória) com exatamente a mesma diferença cronológica: 136 dias. O meu lado de escritora não resiste a este tipo de detalhes 😍
Apreciei também como no final o nosso protagonista termina o livro com um momento de reflexão que demonstra aquilo que aprendeu durante aquele ano letivo em relação à sua vida. É algo raro de encontrar nos livros que leio.
🌼 Aquilo que não gostei tanto foi que não me conectei grande coisa com os personagens. Tenho mais 10 anos que o público alvo, não me surpreende que tenha tido essa reação, mas também não fui uma adolescente muito semelhante a eles. Acabei por sentir um distanciamento, mas isso não me impediu de soltar uma meia dúzia de lágrimas quando mereceu.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Car accident
Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
strapmatey's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
after 100 pages i almost stopped reading.
but i like that instead of "real" chapters there are before and after titles
but i like that instead of "real" chapters there are before and after titles
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
imlaurenshelton's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
This book was okay, the plot reminds me of Paper Towns but with more angst and Alaska is a reflection of Peyton from OTH. The book is well written (duh it’s John Green) and can be enjoyable but the teen angst is nearly unbearable, combined with the vulgarity of these teenagers words and actions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Body shaming
swiftiesophie's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i hate miles
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol
buttermellow's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol
hufflepuff96's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
It's just fine. Not my cup of tea.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
kenfrommars's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps”
The theme of the book. The question that hung over the whole 221-page novel about the main character, Miles Halter, trying to find just that.
I won’t sugarcoat it. My journey in reading this book is very mixed. The first half of the novel was hard for me to get through at times. I took some days of not reading it and was considering I might drop it, but there was a point where something about it just hooked me. Was it the mystery of Alaska? Was it me finding myself frustrated with the characters and just wanting to finish it because I had made it so far into it as it was?
Not sure, but there was something about this story that just grabbed me, also. I liked the character of Alaska Young. I liked the main group and the side characters. It was very John Green in the sense of these characters being witty, insightful, simultaneously enlightened and ignorant, and just this overall message of hope.
This book came out when I was in high school, but I didn’t read it until now. I wished I had read it when I was in high school, but with the perspective of both a teenager and an adult who has made his own mistakes, I appreciate the themes of hope. Because we all seek that great perhaps of life. The Great Perhaps that gives us purpose. Some of us don’t find it and some of us find then lose it.
I’ve had my issues with John Green in a number of his books, but I thoroughly enjoyed this and it should be read by everyone at least once. It should be experienced by everyone at least once. It’s thought-provoking and insightful and heartwarming, despite the themes of grief.
The theme of the book. The question that hung over the whole 221-page novel about the main character, Miles Halter, trying to find just that.
I won’t sugarcoat it. My journey in reading this book is very mixed. The first half of the novel was hard for me to get through at times. I took some days of not reading it and was considering I might drop it, but there was a point where something about it just hooked me. Was it the mystery of Alaska? Was it me finding myself frustrated with the characters and just wanting to finish it because I had made it so far into it as it was?
Not sure, but there was something about this story that just grabbed me, also. I liked the character of Alaska Young. I liked the main group and the side characters. It was very John Green in the sense of these characters being witty, insightful, simultaneously enlightened and ignorant, and just this overall message of hope.
This book came out when I was in high school, but I didn’t read it until now. I wished I had read it when I was in high school, but with the perspective of both a teenager and an adult who has made his own mistakes, I appreciate the themes of hope. Because we all seek that great perhaps of life. The Great Perhaps that gives us purpose. Some of us don’t find it and some of us find then lose it.
I’ve had my issues with John Green in a number of his books, but I thoroughly enjoyed this and it should be read by everyone at least once. It should be experienced by everyone at least once. It’s thought-provoking and insightful and heartwarming, despite the themes of grief.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol