Looking For Alaska by John Green

hi guys, finally after i fought my laziness, i can make a blog post lol

it’s about a novel again. i’m sure that you already know about John Green’s books but i thought i could share about this one book here in my blog. well, actually before i read Looking For Alaska, i have read The Fault in Our Stars and A Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank (of course it’s not John Green’s). and last night i finished An Abundance Of Katherines but in Indonesian version one. it’s hard to find English version where i live. but i decided that i will make a post about Looking For Alaska because this is literally my favorite one even though i love other John Green’s books. luckily i have the English version of this book.

but i will not tell you about the whole story, maybe a little spoiler *WARNING*. as i said this is only what i thought about this book. not a real review or whatever.
Synopsis:

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” (Francois Rabelais, poet) even more. he heads off to the sometimes crazy, possible 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. 

i love this story because it gives me suspense -when Alaska died. i never thought that she would be died though, and from that i understand why it’s called Looking For Alaska, it’s because they (Pudge, The Colonel and Takumi which are her friends) are looking for the mystery behind her death. whether she suicide or that’s really an accident? (which is not explained in the end). and this story made me cry little lol. well it’s touching, about their friendship, about their own background family. sadly i think i wouldn’t find a real friend like them.

the only thing that i dislike from this book is, when Alaska died, Pudge was only thinking about their kissing. it’s annoying i think, because he is selfish (not willing to call Jake, Alaska’s boyfriend) and it’s only The Colonel who care about her. i personally like The Colonel more than Pudge.

i’m actually not good in explaining guys, besides, there will be definitely grammatically error. so just for in short, i recommend this amazing book to everyone. John Green’s writing style just made me like his books more. oh, it’s his website if you want to read about the questions & answers about Looking For Alaska.

and of course, there are a lot of quotes you can find in this book. one of my favorites is:

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive” -John Green, Looking For Alaska