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sarahgless

I wanted to love this book, but I only liked it. Having read John Green's latest novel, An Abundance of Katherines, last month, his first book was a bit of a letdown, especially considering that Alaska won the Printz Award. (Katherines came in second for the Printz this year.) At the same time, Alaska is a glimpse of John Green's future genius. I mean, for God's sake, he was 27 when he wrote this novel, and he won the Printz. I hate that/love that. The characters in Alaska are complicated but likeable, especially the central female (the titular Alaska), and just weird enough to draw in young people who feel like semi-outsiders. I also appreciated how the book was organized into "before" and "after" portions around the central tragedy, which is a heavy one indeed. The grief of the friends affected by the crisis and the unexpected swiftness with which it occurs is one of the most well-crafted elements of the story, although that makes it difficult to read at times. Overall, however, Alaska lacked the spark that made me love Katherines. I'm positive I would've adored this book as a teenager, but there were parts that seemed overwrought or simply unlikely to me as an adult. It's no "Catcher in the Rye for a new generation," as some critics have called it, but it's a solid read nonetheless. Could I travel back in time to my sophomore year of high school, I would recommend it to the brainy literary freaks I was friends with, all of us seeking the Great Perhaps.

2020-08-17 21:35