Looking For Alaska - Review

"The only way out of this labyrinth of suffering is to
forgive." - John Green

Looking For Alaska follows the life of the narrator and main character, Miles “Pudge” Halter, throughout his junior year at Culver Creek Preparatory High School. The novel is set in the US state of Alabama, on Culver Creek’s campus. It explores themes such as friendship, life and death, and questions of existence.

I've never really seen the huge hype about John Green novels. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great author, I've just never been able to understand or get into the hype of it all. Looking for Alaska was the same for me. Don’t get me wrong; I had my moments when I absolutely ADORED it and the plot line and themes explored were pretty great. But I found I couldn’t completely commit myself to it, causing me to only read a few chapters every month or so. I think, for me, it was because I find all of John Green’s books kind of the same, and so I have started to get over it a bit. 

As I said before: this isn’t saying that John Green isn’t a good author. He has a brilliantly creative mind and he really can communicate a point across to an audience quite well. But there is something about this book that I can’t quite put my finger on. Saying that, it was a good book, and I was left surprisingly satisfied by its’ conclusion; bar a few questions that I am craving to ask Green himself.

So if you are a fan of John Green, then definitely read it. But it just wasn’t for me.

God bless and lots of love, Maddy 

P.S. Sorry this post is late, my day yesterday was hectic and didn't finish until way too late.