jordongreene's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I could give Looking for Alaska 6 or 7 stars out of 5. Yeah, it's that good and it's not even in my usual genre of choice. It's a beautiful and tragic tale of life and tragedy, of how we deal with tragedy and how we allow it to shape our lives. Green does an excellent job portraying the lives of these teens, Pudge (Miles), The Colonel (Chip), Takumi, Lara, and of course Alaska, in a real and authentic way rather than making them into model teenagers that fail to represent real life. You'll cry, you'll smile, you'll get angry, but in the end you'll be glad you read it.
vakardien's review against another edition
3.0
ņemot vērā, ka grāmata ir diezgan nekāda, tā tomēr ir laba. bet nekā daudz īsti pasakāma arī nav.
studentu dzīvošana, draudzība un it kā šķietamu noslēpumu risināšana.
studentu dzīvošana, draudzība un it kā šķietamu noslēpumu risināšana.
aleyslays's review against another edition
2.0
Even though I love John Green's works I couldn’t like this book.
ireland016's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
anaphabetic's review against another edition
4.0
"Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia"
"Huh?" I asked.
"You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."
"Huh?" I asked.
"You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."
uselessanna's review against another edition
4.0
I love all of John Green's work, but Looking For Alaska is the best of them, because of it's charm. I didn't fall in love with the characters, but with the storyline and Green's style of writing. It was funny and touching; both at the same time!
jenken13's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
vinylbookgirl's review against another edition
3.0
Although it was a quick and easy read, I feel kinda indifferent about it. The book was neither good, nor bad. Now I know I'm obviously not the target audience here, but still... being an adult it just didn't excite me as much while reading it as I hoped it would.
As a teenager however I think I would have enjoyed this book! I ALWAYS had my nose stuck in a book and no one seemed to be sharing that interest (leave alone my admiration for all those complicated authors I was into back then), so I was the odd one out and would have probably loved it for all the quotes and authors that are mentioned throughout.
Judging as an adult though, the topic is obviously an important one and I liked how Green managed to tell the story in a rather upbeat kind of way, without it being heavy on the reader. But somehow the narration itself just wasn't working for me. Even though I liked the setup of before and after, the chapters were lacking something that I couldn't quite put my finger on.. Somehow it just felt like the story was being told in fragments and I couldn't shake the feeling as if there were constantly little parts and pieces of the story missing.
So yes, I'm really torn with my rating, hence the 3.5 stars rounded down.
As a teenager however I think I would have enjoyed this book! I ALWAYS had my nose stuck in a book and no one seemed to be sharing that interest (leave alone my admiration for all those complicated authors I was into back then), so I was the odd one out and would have probably loved it for all the quotes and authors that are mentioned throughout.
Judging as an adult though, the topic is obviously an important one and I liked how Green managed to tell the story in a rather upbeat kind of way, without it being heavy on the reader. But somehow the narration itself just wasn't working for me. Even though I liked the setup of before and after, the chapters were lacking something that I couldn't quite put my finger on.. Somehow it just felt like the story was being told in fragments and I couldn't shake the feeling as if there were constantly little parts and pieces of the story missing.
So yes, I'm really torn with my rating, hence the 3.5 stars rounded down.
tiffyofthemonts's review against another edition
2.0
I thought this was an okay book. It felt like the sub-par love-child of Stargirl and Bridge to Terabithia. Not invigorating, but not hopelessly pointless either. I didn't find Alaska to be intriguing at all--she was overly shrouded in mystery, and there was not enough development to her story to make her anything more than some vague enigma. All I could see was that Pudge was enthralled by her, but there wasn't enough to make me understand why. Also, I wish there had been more exploration of this "Great Perhaps." The story started out with so much promise but turned into a train wreck halfway through. I really, really wanted to love this book--maybe I was expecting too much.