{"id":4684,"date":"2023-11-04T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2024-06-12T23:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:46:17","slug":"book-looking-for-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-looking-for-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-646\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_lookingforalaska.png?fit=250%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking for Alaska\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Looking for Alaska<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/john-green\/\">John Green<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2005-03-03\">March 3, 2005<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/dutton\/\">Dutton<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 368<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/young-adult\/\">Young Adult<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/purchased\/\">Purchased<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6567453-looking-for-alaska\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words\u2014and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the \"Great Perhaps.\u201d Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eTqhtU\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2023-11-04T06:00:52+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Looking for Alaska\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-looking-for-alaska\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Looking for Alaska\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"John Green\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/john-green\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"052542802X\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 368,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Dutton\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_lookingforalaska.png?fit=250%2C378&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2005-03-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/6567453-looking-for-alaska\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Contemporary\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 5,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>If our early years are our Spring then adolescence is an invincible summer that feels like it&#8217;ll never end. Being a teenager, everything seems so much bigger, more life-changing, everything feels like a big deal. Miles goes to a boarding school seeking his great perhaps, the great unknown that will upend his boring life. At school, Miles meets Alaska, a magnetic young woman with a bad reputation, and quickly falls head over heels.<\/p>\n<p>What made this book special to me was that I just found it so relatable, I was reminded so much of how my high school experience had been; the story takes place in 2005, the year I graduated high school. I was that kid that drifted between friend groups before landing in with the uncool crowd that hung out behind the woods and smoked. The colonel, Takumi, and Alaska felt like old friends, I loved all of these characters so much.<\/p>\n<p>The story is not without its problems and is split into two parts, the before as we get to know Miles and the new friends that he makes, and &#8220;after,&#8221; an event that changes the friend group&#8217;s lives forever. I kept going back and forth about how I felt about the latter half of the novel. Miles is a frustrating character that makes a lot of things about himself, but at the same time, it is behavior that is completely understandable for a teenager that is going through a hard time. The search to find meaning in something so sudden is ultimately useless, but understandable. I enjoyed the philosophical aspects of this novel, about life and the people that we choose to spend our time with.<\/p>\n<p>I have fallen in love with this little story and am glad that I decided to read it because initially, I was really not all that interested in this book. I purchased it as a gift for my husband in an attempt to get him into reading, after learning that John Green was greatly inspired by <strong>As Simple As Snow<\/strong>, my husband&#8217;s favorite book. It was my first John Green novel and it certainly will not be my last.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to <strong>forgive<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Drug Use, Drunk Driving, Sexually Explicit Content <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About John Green<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_johngreen.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_johngreen.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_johngreen.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_johngreen.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. He is also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green\u2019s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johngreenbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johngreen\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnGreenfans\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1406384.John_Green\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4f9WRI7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/johngreenwritesbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/vlogbrothers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review If our early years are our Spring then adolescence is an invincible summer that feels like it&#8217;ll never end. 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