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Monday, January 16, 2012
Looking for Alaska
The book I read was Looking for Alaska by John Green. Don't be mistaken by the title! The book is about a boy who goes to a private school and becomes best friends with his roommate. His roommate was also friends with Alaska, a very pretty girl described in the book. The main character was Miles and his roommate was called the Colonial. Throughout the book the two become basically brothers and do everything together. At the school many crazy things happen, relating sex/drugs and lots of drama.
I didn't like how the book was long and took a long time to get to the plot. The book also had lots of added stuff that didn't really fit. I liked how the book told a good story to not to drugs or under age drink. I also liked the ending of the book. I cant make a connection to this book.
I recommend this book to older kids over the age of 14. I think its very inappropriate so no younger audience should read this book. On a scale 1 to 4 I would give it a 2 because i thought it was very well written. It painted a good picture in the readers head. But it went off topic often and the story line is hard to understand at first.
I think you should think about choosing other books before you choose this book but if you do choose it, it will keep you reading to find out whats gonna happen.
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