Looking for alaska review

so today is a friday and im bored and i like reviewing stuff and i just felt like reviewing something else :)
just a side note: there is  A LOT of snow outside, its finally like how winter should be and im happy about that :/ even though its kinda of a snow storm LOOL anyways

since last time i reviewed John Green's The Fault In Our Stars , i've decided to review Looking For Alaska as well, but i read it a few weeks ago so there might not be that many information :/

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS ;)

cool book cover eh? anyways, i first heard of this book in a class discussion. we were supposed to suggest the best books that we've ever read, and a lot of people repeatedly suggested this book. Before this, I have never read any books by john green so i am kind of curious

The story is about a teen named Miles (or Puck as other people call him) who goes to a boarding school and is obsessed with famous people's last words, meets Alaska Young who is obviously gorgeous and funny. Her presence really changed his life and the way he sees the world.

At first glance at the title, many people, including me ofcourse, thought it was about looking for the country alaska, but really, it's about looking for Alaska Young, a girl in the story. The story is separated into two parts - before and after. Both takes place one hundred and thirty six days before/after the main event. When I started reading, I was really sucked into the story because it is sometimes suspenseful and sometimes fun to read about what the characters are doing. I feel like I am actually following the journey of Puck and experiencing these things with him. This is one of the reasons I liked John Green and this novel, I can relate to it. Well, maybe not the events, but to the way the people talk and they behave. As for the concept of looking for alaska, they are not "looking for" alaska exactly, as in literally, instead, he means looking into her past and trying to understand her.

In a way, this book is just like The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, if you ever read that one. Teenagers smoke in it, they drink in it. But for some reason, this is all so interesting to read. this book also taught me a lot of important lessons like YOLO. lol but seriously .

my favourite character in this book is probably the Colonel. He certainly was a very strong character and he plans all the pranks they do. His ideas are really bold and he is really bold. I just like that kind of personality, even though he is a bad boyfriend. :/

Anyways at the end of this, or i mean at the middle of this, i did cry a little bit. But overall, i did not want to drop the book at all. This is a definite read and i would give it a 5 out of 5. :) Good job John Green, you just successfully captured a new reader ! Go check this book out guys, and if you did, i hope you felt the same way i did when i read the book.

k this is the end of this review, thanks for reading till the end and i hope you're not trapped in the snow :(

but really HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR if you celebrate it, and REMEMBER to get some red pockets ;).