Monday, March 2, 2009

Looking for Alaska

Well, I just finished reading the book Looking for Alaska, by John Green. It was an enjoyably book with a nice plot, although it was a very complex one. The really BASIC storyline is that this unpopular guy goes to a boarding school because he doesn't want to stay at home any more. When he shows up to Culver Creek boarding school, it seems like his popularity got worse. Then, his roommate gives him a step up into the world of Alaska Young and her friends.

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(SPOILER ALERT)(SPOILER ALERT)(SPOILER ALERT)

After Alaska dies, the protagonist, Miles, and his roommate who is nicknamed the colonel want to find out HOW Alaska died. I'll leave the rest for you to read...

The one thing that I didn't like about this book is that it was impossible to solve the mystery until the last second, where he gave you an answer that you could have not known otherwise. For example, in Siobhan Dowd's The London Eye Mystery, using all of the clues that were given, you could theoretically figure out the answer to the mystery without the book telling you. But still, great book, and I look forward to more!

4.6/5
VERY GOOD

Ages 11 and up for references and colorful grammar, as well as suicide.
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4 comments:

  1. Jordie19March 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    il ove this book, especially the funny part like when the colonel tried to get kicked out of the basketball games.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 2, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    That is true...

    - Harry Potter Reader

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  3. theblueroseMarch 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    I read this book. In truth, I already figured out that she was going to die from the beginning. Because I did figure that part out, it wasn't really that moving...

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