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Domonique (0 KP) rated Looking for Alaska in Books

May 12, 2018  
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska
John Green | 2013 | Children
8
8.1 (49 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really loved this book. I'll admit, I did think the after would prove to be the end of Alaska, but now that I think about it, it makes sense in the context of how the story was told. I liked that Miles, aka Pudge, was just a regular kid trying to survive high school, and just life in general. I loved the Colonel, he seemed like someone I would have liked to know. Alaska was a complex character; she seemed so full of and energy at times, and angry and unpredictable at others. Life is precious and you just have to live each moment like it's your last, maybe we're all just searching for "the great perhaps."
  
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Sarah Thompson (2 KP) rated The Great Alone in Books

Feb 1, 2018  
The Great Alone
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
8
8.5 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was lucky enough to receive an advanced reader copy of this book for a test read campaign. The storyline built slowly and steadily, with atmospheric descriptions of the harshness of life in Alaska but I found it was slightly repetitive in the first half of the book. The descriptions of the wilderness of Alaska and the light nights and the dark were wonderfully evocative. The storyline then suddenly snowballed in the second half and I was unable to put it down but I felt that the author was rushing to The End as if she had a deadline to meet. It could perhaps have benefited from having a longer page count!
  
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C.Hilderbrand (0 KP) rated The Great Alone in Books

Jun 14, 2018  
The Great Alone
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
7
8.5 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
Good descriptions of the setting but I felt character development was flat, like pulled from a psychology textbook. I also felt the storyline was a bit trite. Do not expect any surprises or plot twists. It was good enough for me to keep reading though and life in Alaska seems like a very powerful experience.