A review by sandysmith
Looking for Alaska by John Green

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

As young adult books go, this is a good one. Split into two parts before creating the high school vibe, making friends, japes, and lightheartedness followed by after, after a accident we tumble into grief and sadness. Beautifully written, capturing teenage angst, and the joy of living and loving, heartbreaking, poignant, funny and sad a good read for teenagers who would get something out of reading it and me too a fifty something cis woman. Read as part of a book club with the banned book criteria. There is no way this book should be banned in some schools in the States. Yes, it would generate discussion, but what a book. Fab stuff.
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