Looking for Alaska

Title: Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Pages: 221
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 Thoughts: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. John Green delivers once again in writing his Printz Award winning novel not just for adolescents, but for anyone who has ever lost someone suddenly or went seeking "The Great Perhaps." He created relatable characters that you either love or love to hate and you would follow their journeys to the end of their meaning-seeking lives. Especially Pudge and the Colonel. Pudge is our narrator who's obsessed with famous last words and who is new to the Culver Creek Boarding School of Alabama, and the Colonel is his roommate who sort of shows him the ropes from the beginning. They become sort of a team and with the help of some friends, adventure out to live life, prank, and maybe even partake in self-destructive activities.

Not only were Green's characters interesting and multifaceted, but you also felt for them. If an author can achieve that, then he's done his job.

Although this wasn't my favorite John Green novel (The Fault in our Stars takes that spot), I would definitely recommend everyone I know to read this.  It's witty, it's beautifully written, and it provokes you to feel and think about finding your own "Great Perhaps."
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars