Book Review - Looking for Alaska

[TheWSL2]

I've never come across a book that contains my name (Lara), so I might just have to read this one! :) ....and also the fact that John Green is awesome :D

[hermionegrangerstwin]

i LOVED looking for alaska.

[Jordanificationily]

Just finished this book today.It was brilliant, and tells a great and memorable story. But, I don't think it is as good as his newest book The Fault in Our Stars which I also read a few days ago, it was just amazing.

[suckME135]

@emmjosephine1990 Colonel is pronounced "Kernel." I know, it's weird.

[ambereish]

im your friend on goodreads my name is Amber i always have cartoon characters as my icon

[emmajosephine1990]

The Kernel? Isn't it the Colonel?

[tifflolany1445]

Just finished the book! Very good like u said and I thought it was thoughtful and deep!

[0Reinne0]

omgg lol ur soo adorable this review is so adorable now i gotta check this book out, "da-y-umn" lol

[SupratechMEDIA]

Part when they do the prank and pop the fireworks and run, seriously made me feel like i was there. My heart was pumping and everything :D

[SupratechMEDIA]

Oh. And the part when The

[SupratechMEDIA]

I LOVE THIS BOOK. I dont read alot. And i went to my school library with friends screwing around trying to pass time for Language Arts, and i had to grab a book so i grabbed this book out of nowhere. And i never actually tried reading it. Then one day my teacher said we had to read our books for and hour and so I grabbed the book and tried it out. It was amazing. I cant believe i judge this book. This book was seriously amazing. This has to be one of my favorite books next to "The Outsiders." i

[LINDSAYLIKEOMG]

I went into reading this book having NO idea what happened..and when i got to "after" i was SO shocked and surprised that i cried and had to stop reading and couldn't pick up the book for days because i was so shocked and upset LOL but when i did finish it i LOVED IT

[Bubbly1337]

Aaah I'm stuck on what I picture the characters looking like and it's driving me nuts!!

[missfarm]

thanks for the reveiw im right now going to reserve this book for my holidays!!!!

[ozarkmafia]

You are really gorgeous. Loved the book review too.

[cindyluvsdemselandjb]

this book is john's most quotable book in my opinion, there's so many great passages and quotes. i tend to mark passages i liked from books and looking for alaska was FILLED with markers.

[iEatWordsChannel]

I just finished Looking for Alaska by John Green. I saw your review a while back and now that I've read it...girl, I am SO right there with you. It's SO brilliant. Gah. I don't even know what to read next!

Farrah

[awesomevegan]

I just finished it... and WOW. It was very different from what I expected. I didn't expect it to be so deep and emotional. I may do a review on my reading channel. It is hard though because I don't want to spoil anything.

[JoTheBW]

I finally added this to my TBR Pile! I'm really looking forward to reading it!

[thebellelumierenet]

lol "it blew my mind and melted my face" yup, sounds good to me!

[VivaLaMakeupTV]

I am assuming you are subscribed to the vlogbrothers? I absolutely adore john and hank green and I can honestly say that their channel is my favourite channel evar.

[thereadables]

@VivaLaMakeupTV Yes! I love their videos. John's 'Thoughts from Places' vids are amazing .___.

[77twigirl]

I'm excited to read this now! Something tells me I'm gonna love it. Great review Pricilla!!! Keep on keepin on!!!!!!!!

[thereadables]

@77twigirl I hope you do! :D It's SO GOOD >__<

[nickyinwonderland]

Yay! Im so glad your enjoying his novels so far :D

[thereadables]

@nickyinwonderland Me too! Have you read this one? :)

[nickyinwonderland]

@thereadables Sadly no ): I plan on reading this one soon though! :D

[jaytummy]

Yeah, Looking For Alaska is wonderful. I LOVED Pudge's essay at the end. It was just the perfect way to end a book.

Also, always watch for the last lines of John Green's books, because DAMN he knows how to end a novel. I don't mean like the wrap-up (which is also good), but he always just nails that perfect last line.

Oh, and John has an unpublished zombie apocolypse novella that he wrote for charity. You can search the internet for it, or I can send you a copy if you want :D

[thereadables]

@jaytummy Agreed! Throughout the book I thought John's writing was just...amazing. Insightful also.

I will definitely check it out! It sounds so awesome :D

[MeaghanTheBookAddict]

oh gosh now I have to read this :D Stoopid non-book buyingness :(

[thereadables]

@MeaghanTheBookAddict Don't worry Meaghan! As long as you get a chance to read it sometime :) It'll be great!

[pppppcheck]

this book is amazing, im halfway through it now, at 3 days before. amazing!

[thereadables]

@pppppcheck AHHH! :D

[Mrsbooklover]

Great review, i will probably skip this one, cause like i said i dont really like his writing style, but still awesome review.

[thereadables]

@Mrsbooklover No worries Claudia :) But thanks so much!!

This might change your mind about him! If you're ever curious, I suggest a library borrow X)

[AModernBard]

I'm so glad you liked it! I'm gong to read it next! Your review has inspired me!

[thereadables]

@AModernBard Yes, it's SO good :D Let me know what you think of it!

[PureBloodPrisoner]

I keep going back to 5:15

[thereadables]

@PureBloodPrisoner XD What happened??

[PureBloodPrisoner]

@thereadables DAYUM I forgot

[thereadables]

@BookgeekMusicfreak Thanks Lorenzo :D

[nothsa123456]

I read this book awhile back. it's my absolute favorite book of all time. I've read all of his books, they're all great.

[thereadables]

@nothsa123456 Awesome, I can't wait to see! :)

[iEatWordsChannel]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I enjoy his videos...good to know the book lived up to his awesomeness!!

-Farrah

[thereadables]

@iEatWordsChannel Thank Farrah! This definitely does for sure ^__^

[itscaely]

"blew my mind.. melted my face" :D

[thereadables]

@itscaely :D

[DevvourBookReviews]

just for fun me and my friend were at barnes and asked the woman "do you have looking for shaniqwa by John Steen" and we went looking around and so she called us over the intercom saying "the customer who was looking for looking for shaniqwa please-" we didn't hear the rest because we laughed our asses off and yeah haha. great review i might pick this up one day.

[thereadables]

@DevvourBookReviews LOL XD WOW. I hope they didn't take too much effort looking for that book :P

[sadomirth]

I have heard so much about John Green and his books I am yet to actually pick up one, but I might start and put it on my wishlist. I am always wanting to read new authors. I agree with your opinions on contemporary fiction.

[thereadables]

@sadomirth Definitely one of my favourite authors now just by reading this book :D Check this one out, it's great!

[Malyza884]

I cried so much after reading looking for Alaska and people were giving me so many weird looks because I was out in public! I wrote so many quotes from that book on a sticky note and it drove me crazy. An abundance of katherines Is incredibly hilarious!! How come you didn't pick up LET IT SNOW?

My favorite quote from the book:

"So I collapsed on the bottom bunk thinking that If people were rain I was driZzle and she was a hurricane"

[thereadables]

@Malyza884 Definitely an emotional, intense read. I can't wait to check out An Abundance of Katherines! :)

I review one book a week, so I could only pick out 4 books this month >__<

Definitely an example of his poetic brilliance :)

[dinasaurish]

It's one of my favorite books of all time. I'm so glad you liked it!

[thereadables]

@dinasaurish I can definitely see why, now it's mine too :D

[adair1234]

We have the same taste in books! I love your book reviews because they are so helpful. I haven't read any John Green books but you've convinced me! Keep making these amazing videos :)

[thereadables]

@adair1234 Thank you, I'm glad! ^__^ If the rest of the books are anything like this one, it's going to be an amazing month.

[TheArtsygal12]

I need to read his books! I've heard nothing but great things about them! Great review :D

[thereadables]

@TheArtsygal12 Check him out Camilla! This book is fantastic :)

[SymphoniaFan101]

This is my favorite book! I'm so glad that you liked it. I think you need at new level to the scale: Extremely, Awesomely, Epicly, Amazingly, Readable!

[thereadables]

@SymphoniaFan101 Thank you!! I'll definitely have to keep those in mind :) There are definitely different levels of Readable XD

[angellmarlene]

Oh, i'm definitly buying this book now! Great review - as always! You have so much smart to say, I always end up buying the books you recommend! haha :)

[thereadables]

@angellmarlene :D Thanks so much! I do hope you enjoy it, it's amazing :)

[LaraProductionsxx]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :) I don't know why I didn't find it interesting but glad you did. The thing I did love about the book was the fact that there was a character named Lara there are few characters in books/movies/tv with my name and when you were talking about her I said Thank you in my head haha I dunno why but you were saying so many nice things about her that I felt the need to.

Love the review as always :)

[thereadables]

@LaraProductionsxx Thank you!!

lol Lara's UNITE! XD This is my first Lara, and she's a really sweet character in the book ^__^

[TheMetalheadBookworm]

Made of awesome review, Priscilla! I'm so happy you loved it! Let's discuss!!!! Message me everything you thought! How'd you react when you figured out what Before and After were?

[thereadables]

@TheMetalheadBookworm Thanks Melissa! :) Sent you a message!!

[Dmfriend26]

Great review!

I may read this book next after The Iron Daughter! :)

[thereadables]

@Dmfriend26 Thanks Dylan! Definitely check it out, so much awesome :D

[MaxieMagyx]

"It blew my mind, melted my face" x'D HAHA!! Yes, I agree. My face was thoroughly melted.

I once wrote this essay for school about Looking for Alaska, and I probably spent most of the time gushing about how awesome it was.

Anyway, John Green! Yey!

It'll really be fun seeing if I won this non-bet or not ;D You never know!!

[thereadables]

@MaxieMagyx lol That's awesome! There's so much in this book to talk about, definitely a great read for school :D

XD Yes, we will see! This book definitely set the bar high... A more intense face melter than this one?! That would be amazing .___.

[tinpanalley101]

I'm sold! I'm picking it up from the library the next time I go! :)

[thereadables]

@tinpanalley101 It's so good! Definitely :D

[tappentiggerer]

I'm still trying to trudge through the Before part since last year when I had to return it because of the pages missing.

[thereadables]

@tappentiggerer Definitely give it another go ^^ I loved the Before! I thought there was great insight into these characters and who they were :)

[maybekarly]

I know what you mean : ) I am so glad that you loved it ,too.I felt like the book was very philosophical , sounds very silly but it felt like that for me when I read it.

[thereadables]

@maybekarly I agree! The book had layers to it I was expecting, which was great ^__^