Thursday, November 15, 2018

SSR Book Review: Looking for Alaska

For the first quarter, I chose to read Looking For Alaska by John Green. This novel was young adult fiction mixed with adventure and romance and included 223 pages. The main character, Miles Halter, is a humble boy was tired of his basic life at home where he didn't have much friends and craved excitement, so he decided to attend Culver Creek boarding school in hope to seek a "Great Perhaps." There, he meets many more people such as his roommate Chip, who goes by "the Colonel" and an interesting girl named Alaska Young who he immediately ends up catching feelings for, but she has a boyfriend. Alaska is different from the other characters in that she has a more mischievous personality and is able to connect with Miles in their own unique way. They introduce him to a new lifestyle full of adventures and trouble where Miles is content with life— until an unfortunate tragedy occurs. This event was extremely difficult for Miles to cope with, but once he is assigned an essay that asks how each student is able to personally escape their labyrinth of struggles, Miles realizes that he finally has some answers to what he has been searching for. Overall, I enjoyed this book because it was easy to read and kept an interesting plot throughout the entire novel, and I would recommend it to teenagers in general since it revolves around teens with different stories and struggles.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds interesting and it can be something we can relate to when you say "escape their labyrinth of struggles". We all try to escape something we dont like so seems like a book you can relate to in a way.

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  2. I read this book a couple years ago and I thought that it was okay. I really liked how the characters were dynamic and you can see how Miles grew throughout the book.

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