John Green is the author of The Fault in our Stars and Looking
for Alaska, Which both books are currently on the best seller list. The
fault in our Stars as 1st place for 26 weeks, and Looking for Alaska
6th place for 26 weeks also. But I had read Looking for Alaska, A very well
written book. About Pudge and the Colonel, you guessed it, Looking for
Alaska. There are but two parts in this
book. I personally liked the second book better than the first, but once again
it’s an opinion. But if you like books narrated by a great very relatable
character, yet always understand why they are feeling that way. You’ll love
this book. So as high scholars, most of
us like going to sporting events. Like Basketball, football and Soccer. We
Pudge and the gang go on a triple and a half date, Which consist of Alaska and
Jake, The Colonel and Sara (his girlfriend), Pudge and Lara, and Takumi (part
of the gang). They all end up going to the basketball game. This is the most
hilarious Part of the book ever. The Colonel somehow always ends up getting
kicked out of all sporting events. This time he got Takumi into it by yell at
the Beast (opposing team’s best player) “…But Takumi here hooked up with your
girlfriend just before the game.” That’s when, Pudge included, they all started
running for their life’s. Then out of nowhere a Basketball ends up hitting
Pudge across the face. Leaving him “repeating the words “The. Symptoms.
Generally. Associated. With. Concussion.”
Looking
for Alaska’s Plot is in Arizona during the school year at The Creek. A Very
Hard to get in privet school. The plot was well set because of it being a
smallish school everybody knew everybody. So with the news of Alaska’s death
“everybody” said she was a great person and what knots. But in reality they knew
nothing about her just that she was smart. With her death and how Green
describes the days that pass by for Pudge and the colonel. It’s really interesting to see how it affects
them personally. Green did a good job describing how these days where a bit dreamlike
and still they didn’t accept the fact that she had died. Mostly Since they
couldn’t and wouldn’t accept her death The Colonel, Takumi, and Pudge want to
know why she had left so fast after a phone call. “She was sobbing…” when she
came back to the room. They wanted to know so badly.
The
characters are easy to relate to. Alaska had a lot of family problems and
secrets. Allowing anybody to relate in how she felt. Alaska’s mother had died
another easy way to relate to her through a death of a loved one. The Colonel
had a terrible relationship with his girlfriend they were “yelling at each
other 94% of the time” also the Colonels dad had left his mother and him before
he was born. Takumi was a good kid he was far away from his family since he was
Japanese. Now Pudge great kid a bit of a loner at his old school, he liked to
know peoples last words. And he was still innocent before he had met the other
kids. Where they changed him.
I give
his book an A- because there were some parts that were irrelevant to the story.
And there was a slow beginning Also at Some point in the book I would be
confused in Why this happened or what had happened. This book is a great quick
read though. I would recommend it to Anyone who likes to relate characters, and
doesn’t mind cursing as much. Also in the book there is a lot of sex, Drugs and
Cursing.
