By Geena G
Looking for Alaska, a realistic fiction novel by John Green arouses not only thoughts that couldn't have been conceived otherwise, but a new outlook on life and everything in it.
The book is split into two parts, Before and After, which also separates the laughter and the heart wrenching awe. Miles Halter (renamed Pudge) starts his junior year at Culver Creek high school, dreaming for a bit of freedom, a friend or two, and maybe to get laid. Instead, he finds a new dream, Alaska. A self-named, prank loving, mesmerizingly beautiful, and thoroughly complex girl is the one who makes that year so memorable. Upon meeting her, his roommate (and best friend) The Colonel, and this new school, his life changes, along with his philosophy. The school year is filled with pranks, adventures, love, and heartbreaking losses. As he ventures after Alaska in her quest to find the way out of the labyrinth, he is shown a new way to live. Fast. He is introduced to his first cigarette, his first sexual experience, his first love, and his first loss in one upsetting but unforgettable novel. This book is thought-provoking and requires a deeper understanding of life around us in order to be enjoyed thoroughly. Like all John Green books, he leaves the reader with an odd sense of uncertainty as to how to live their life, and poses questions that stimulate a need to make their existence gripping and fast-paced. John Green is a very popular novelist, and is author to many bestselling books, such as The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, and co-wrote novels like Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Looking for Alaska is definitely one of my favorite books, and has made me think about life in a different way. Like all truly incredible books, the author doesn't write about things you've never thought of. They write about things you've thought of before, but was convinced you were the only person to contemplate it. The topics he communicates to the reader leaves them inspired to start living their life for the moment, and will leave you speechless. I would recommend this book to anyone thirteen and up, and hope that it will be as abundantly enjoyable and intriguing as it was for me.
The book is split into two parts, Before and After, which also separates the laughter and the heart wrenching awe. Miles Halter (renamed Pudge) starts his junior year at Culver Creek high school, dreaming for a bit of freedom, a friend or two, and maybe to get laid. Instead, he finds a new dream, Alaska. A self-named, prank loving, mesmerizingly beautiful, and thoroughly complex girl is the one who makes that year so memorable. Upon meeting her, his roommate (and best friend) The Colonel, and this new school, his life changes, along with his philosophy. The school year is filled with pranks, adventures, love, and heartbreaking losses. As he ventures after Alaska in her quest to find the way out of the labyrinth, he is shown a new way to live. Fast. He is introduced to his first cigarette, his first sexual experience, his first love, and his first loss in one upsetting but unforgettable novel. This book is thought-provoking and requires a deeper understanding of life around us in order to be enjoyed thoroughly. Like all John Green books, he leaves the reader with an odd sense of uncertainty as to how to live their life, and poses questions that stimulate a need to make their existence gripping and fast-paced. John Green is a very popular novelist, and is author to many bestselling books, such as The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, and co-wrote novels like Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Looking for Alaska is definitely one of my favorite books, and has made me think about life in a different way. Like all truly incredible books, the author doesn't write about things you've never thought of. They write about things you've thought of before, but was convinced you were the only person to contemplate it. The topics he communicates to the reader leaves them inspired to start living their life for the moment, and will leave you speechless. I would recommend this book to anyone thirteen and up, and hope that it will be as abundantly enjoyable and intriguing as it was for me.
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