Page Numbers: 221
Genre: Romance
Release Date: March 3, 2015
before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and he obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (Francis Rebelias, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly 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 will ever be the same.
This is a John Green book so naturally you will need some tissues beside you. A friend of mine told me she cried her eyes out when she read this. I will tell you this story is very sad, but I did not cry. I didn't cry for two reasons. The first reason is because I was on a bus full of people when I was reading this, and I didn't want to cry in front of everyone. The second reason is because I was in denial. I thought maybe at the end everything will be fine. Boy was I wrong.
It has been a while since I've read this so I don't remember all the details. However I will try my best. While attending boarding school Miles meets Alaska, the girl he finds an immediate connection to, and a guy that goes by the name of the Colonel. He soon gets stuck with the nickname Pudge as a joke because he is so skinny. At first Miles finds them a little odd, but soon they become best friends. This book is about their crazy journey as they try to live life to the fullest. Everything seems fine when all of a sudden Alaska starts acting strange. One night Alaska, The Colonel and Miles get together and have a few too many drinks. This will be the night that Miles will never forget. When he wakes up the next morning he is given some news that will forever change him.
It is a very good book. I highly recommend it. It may take a while to get used to it, because one of those weird books that you know is super weird that you keep reading it because it's so good, but will never be able to explain why it's so good.
I have only read three of John Greens books, but I can tell a good author when I see one. I've read The Fault In Our Stars (Obviously), Paper Towns, and looking for alaska. They are all really good. Now that I think about it all of those books are a little weird, but I love them all. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, and I hope that I introduced you to some new books. Sorry I didn't go into deep details. I guess if you want to know what happens you'll have to read it.
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