I was a bit late to get into the hang of things with this book. My biggest problem was the fact that the way Miles was described, not only physically but his personality as well, I couldn’t help but think of him as a 13-year-old boy and not as a 17-year-old and it took me a few chapters to get used to him.

What I loved most about Alaska was her love of books! I think you can never go wrong with a fictional character that loves books! Apart from that, she was my most favourite character, even though the way she was written romanticized smoking and death, because she quoted: “I smoke to die”. For me, a quote like that in a book that is targeted to teenagers is a bit over the top, as she didn’t only say that, but she also smoked unstoppably throughout the whole book.

To be honest, my biggest problem with the book is that the writing style comes of a bit pretentious to me. The only other book I’ve read from John Green is “The Fault in our Stars” and I didn’t really like it for the same reason. It’s been 5 years since I read anything from him so I thought I’d give this a try, to either change my opinion, or confirm that John Green is not for me. Thankfully, I didn’t find this book as pretentious as I thought Tfios was, but there were some parts where I cringed a little. My sister is the biggest John Green fan in the world and she has all the books, so I’ll try to read them all so that I can form an opinion based on all of his work.

All in all, “Looking for Alaska” is an interesting read, that might be a bit slow at first, but after a few pages it really picks up! I personally didn’t connect with any of the characters, but nonetheless, I found the story quite enjoyable.