Review ~ Looking for Alaska by John Green

Looking for Alaska by John Green

 

Summary:

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter’s whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the “Great Perhaps” (François Rabelais, poet) even more. Then he heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.

After. Nothing is ever the same.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really cute book and made me think about my son when he wanted to go to an away school. The things I took away from the book are you can always start over. Miles does not have any friends in his hometown and he wants to make things count. He goes off to his dad’s boarding school and actually makes friends, learns about trust, and loyalty. He falls in love with a girl that already has a boyfriend and is emotionally damaged. Then tragedy strikes and you’ll have to read it to learn what happens.

Pudge and the Colonel are great for each other as friends and roommates. I loved the the cast of characters and the boarding school pranks they pulled. The Eagle was hilarious and he just added to the wonderful cast of crazy original characters.

I recommend this book for anyone over 16 that likes camaraderie, fun pranks, self discovery, and some sad. It was no The Fault in Our Stars, but it was still good John Green work.

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