I loved how John Green distinctly wrote each character even if they were viewed through Pudge’s eyes. The characters bounce off the page: they were part-relatable, part-crazy. Unfortunately, my conscientiousness to keep my books pristine won over so I had to make do with colored tags. If I had a highlighter beside me, I may have marked all my favorite lines.
I had plenty of “Hell, yeah!” moments while reading it. The story was well-written: it was sharp, funny and thought-provoking. Printz Award from the American Library Association. It is no wonder why Looking For Alaska won the 2006 Michael L. I wasn’t disappointed because, if anything, reading Looking For Alaska last made me love and appreciate all of John Green’s works even more. I made a conscious decision to read his first novel, Looking For Alaska, last. He did get his chance but a terrible accident left him with nothing but a whole lot of “what-ifs” and questions that sends him and his friends on a quest to look for answers and a means to let go.Īs I have shared in my first book review, my journey into John Green’s books is pretty unorthodox. In those occasions, Pudge fell hard for Alaska yet her unpredictable behaviour made it difficult for him to act on those feelings. Getting drunk, smoking packs, having sex, eating bufriedos and pulling pranks were just some of the things that highlighted his Culver Creek experience. From the moment he stepped into his dorm room, every day became an adventure, perhaps more than he would’ve bargained for. There, he became friends with Chip “The Colonel” Martin, Takumi Hikohito and Alaska Young.
Looking For Alaska is told from the perspective of Miles “Pudge” Halter who decided to move into Culver Creek boarding school in search of his Great Perhaps, some means to kill the doll drum of his somewhat normal yet unimaginative life in Florida. My journey into John Green’s books is pretty unorthodox. A stunning debut, it marks John Green’s arrival as an important new voice in contemporary fiction. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home.
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