This is my second John Green novel, and while I liked the first one, An Abundance of Katherines, okay, this one really blew me away.
First of all, is this a cancer book, a teenage book, neither, or both? I’m not sure, but I really, really liked it. I read the first two chapters on Amazon for free and couldn’t get enough so I sought it out to finish the story.
I found this book to be a very mature treatment of a very serious topic. I found the characters to be smart, believable, and, in general, wonderful. Philosophical. Romantic. Heartbreaking. All of these adjectives describe this beautiful book. Many book bloggers have reviewed this work more eloquently than I have so I will just give you the links to their reviews.
All I know is that I highly recommend this novel.
2012, 336pp.
FTC Disclosure: I was NOT given this book by the author or publisher or any other outlet.
Other reviews:
I haven’t read any by this author, it sounds like I need to!
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John Green has been on my radar for a while, but I haven’t heard of this book. I’ll keep an eye out for it!
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I haven’t read this yet, but I do have a copy and am looking forward to it!
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I just picked this one up at the grocery store because I couldn’t resist. One thing that I really appreciate about Green is his ability to make his characters so believable and easy to relate to. I’d definitely recommend Looking for Alaska if you’re wanting to read more of his works.
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I read Paper Towns last year – or was it the year before last?! Irrespective, I loved it, and wanted to read An Abundance of Katherines (haven’t gotten round to doing so yet). Now, I’d quite like to read this one as well! Didn’t realise that he had a new book out.
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I have been wanting to read John Green for a long time now
I am adding this to my widhlist.
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I have heard amazing things about this book! I am going to try to read it after I’ve finished Before I Die – that one, written by Jenny Downham, is about a 17 year old girl who has cancer too. She knows she is going to die, and has a list of things to do before she dies. At the top of her list is sex. #8 is love. It’s young adult and really really good. Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine are going to be in the film version which is being called Now Is Good. Less of a downer than Before I Die, I suppose.
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