John Green's Looking for Alaska

This novel was very powerful. The characters in this story were very developed, and yet we knew very little about Alaska, the Colonel and Pudge. This book came alive and I was unable to put it down. The story has two parts, a before and an after. Each chapter was titled with so many days before this event and then so many days after this event. We don't find out the event until the middle of the book, wherein after the event, everything is different between the characters. The fact that the characters all came from different backgrounds but became such great friends at boarding school reminded me of coming to college. At first you might not know anyone, but by the end of it, you feel as though you've known these people your whole life. Alaska, the Colonel and Pudge all had such a relationship. This book was very relatable and I enjoyed it very much! I've already recommended it to many of my friends! I can see why this novel won the Michael L. Printz award a few years ago. It goes along with the theme of actions have consequences, and in this novel, there are many, unanswerable consequences.