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Αναζητώντας την Αλάσκα by John Green

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bearystarry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

John Green has a great talent for writing a poignant ending; this one even made me cry. Unfortunately I found the rest of the book frustrating, as I did with Paper Towns. I do think this book is the more enjoyable for me of the two but they’re very similar in many ways and I will probably not be rereading either.

There’s something frustrating to me about both Margo and Alaska being incredibly tortured and traumatized teenage girls who are also then subjected to being objects of obsession to boring, privileged teenage boys who need an adventure. I know the Point is to highlight how girls are people and not manic pixie dream girl archetype Creatures but. The amount of trauma they seem to be required to hold onto feels… some kind of way to me.

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samanthas92's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

5.0

faverite john green book by far

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sirch's review against another edition

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funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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mmtrue's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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browsingthebooks's review against another edition

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4.5

I read this book in a single day and learned two things:
1- John Green is a dang good writer, bless his existential little heart.
2- I deeply would never recommend this book to a teenager. 😅

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q_bert13's review against another edition

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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.

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kenfrommars's review against another edition

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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.

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