bumblingbookworm's Review of Looking for Alaska

by John Green

The unmissable and genre-defining first novel from John Green, the international number one bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS and TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.

Includes a brand-new Readers Guide featuring a Q&A with the author.

Soon to be a HULU TV Series!

“In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette, but even in the dark, I could see her eyes – fierce emeralds. And beautiful.”

BEFORE. Miles Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event until he starts at anything-but-boring Culver Creek Boarding School and meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever, funny and utterly fascinating she pulls Miles into her world, launches him into a new life, and steals his heart. But when tragedy strikes, and Miles comes face-to-face with death he discovers the value of living and loving unconditionally.

AFTER: Nothing will ever be the same.

Poignant, funny, heartbreaking and compelling, this novel will stay with you forever. Now a TV series from HULU.

This review was originally posted on The Bumbling Bookworm

I think there might be something wrong with me, I feel like I'm the only person who didn't really enjoy this book... Perhaps I was a victim of the hype monster - I feel like maybe this was built up a bit too much for me, and then it completely fell flat instead.

I don't know why but I felt irritated the whole way through this book. I was irritated with the countdown as chapter headings, wishing it would all just hurry up. I knew something was going to happen to a particular character (and I knew which one that was), so I was just like "happen already!"

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Looking for Alaska

by John Green

Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on Sep 9, 2014

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