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Αναζητώντας την Αλάσκα by John Green

135 reviews

browsingthebooks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Representations of underage sexual activity (between consenting teens). Discussion of and description of pornographic material. I would put this in the minor to moderate category if there was a tag for it.

Ambiguous but possible suicide.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Blood, and Vomit

language's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

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. 

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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

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

mattysmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

At times the writing felt strange, for example in one portion the main character is writing an essay and he swears multiple times in the essay. Which, felt strange because most people don’t really swear in essays, but overall I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

allysm0llbean's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

in_themoonlight's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

mads2007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Death of parent

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.

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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