When Miles Halter is sick of his boring life at home he goes away to boarding school in search of the “Great Perhaps”. While at boarding school he befriends his roommate and meets a very out there girl named Alaska. Alaska was fierce, courageous, fearless, everything someone wants to be but never has the guts to be. He falls in love with this girl and she shows new meaning to life, but sadly he couldn't have Young Alaska because she was in a relationship with another guy. That didn’t stop Alaska from always flirting with poor Miles and even kissing him before her accident. By the end of the book Miles is searching for answers. Why did she leave? How could she just kiss him and then leave like that? Miles, in the end is truly, Looking For Alaska. …show more content…
During the time i was reading this book I never wanted to put it down, It had always left me wanting more. Towards the middle of the book when *spoiler alert* Alaska der ies I was in tears. John Green is an amazing author he also wrote “The fault in our stars” and “an Abundance of Katherines”. In all of his books he puts so much time and effort into all of his characters, Alaska Young is and will forever be my favorite character in all of his books. In many ways Alaska is just the normal teenage girl but in other ways she is very very different. I liked how different but similar John Green made her, he didn't just make her a normal girl because he knew that that wouldn't keep anyone’s interest for long. Alaska could go from 0- 100 real fast and 100-0 in a second. Her moods were always all over the place and that really connected me with her because I know I am a very emotional person and to have that connection with someone in a book is a pretty cool thing. I also really enjoyed how Pudge aka Miles wasn't happy with his life in the start of the book but then he went and changed