Looking For Alaska

Looking For Alaska

By John Green

My Rating: 3
Genre: Young Adult
Finished on: May 19, 2013 
I can't exactly say how I feel about this book.
It has soo many feelings.
This book was just a normal book until 'Before'. When later, 'After' story comes, John Green just crushed up the feelings.
You need to understand the book very closely to feel it. To get out of the labyrinth in which we are present.
Its not just the story about Pudge whoo 'looks out' for Alaska.. Its about.. Well, 'm no vocabulary master! I've nil eloquence. Its just this story teaches some person something.
I bet I wrote the same line for 'TFIOS' review.

The thing is, John Green disappoints us a lot. He created such consequences that we just have to maintain control over our temper to not stop reading the book and shouting things at him.
But, in the end we either just give a hopless sigh and thank him for whatever we need to thank for or start crying and wetting our pillows all over again-until we stop, sigh, and thank him for that whatever.

We cry, that is for sure.
Our heart gets numb, failed or maybe just broken. That is for sure too.

This story, as I repeat wasn't of my much interest about 80% of it. But, I know one thing.
It made me realize one/many things.
And THAT.. made me stronger :)

Thank you John Green, thank you. 


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