Looking for Alaska, John Green

'I go to seek a Great Perhaps'

Looking for the perfect spring read, to distract you from the lack of sunshine?

Look no further than John Green's masterpiece Looking For Alaska. Although it's advertised as a 'teen-flick', I believe this book will speak to all ages. Not only is it beautifully written, the character's are all consuming and you actively want to become part of Alaska's world. This book will have you screaming, laughing and crying in an emotional roller coaster. Not only is it pretty much literary crack that will have you hooked in a matter of seconds, but Green also engages with literary and philosophical traditions. This combination of readability, humour and intellect has imprinted this book on my brain years after my first reading. Big claim alert...For me the romanticism of Alaska's character mimics the romanticism of Gatsby. And if that's not enough to get book worms twitching nothing is!

However, even I who adores this book has to admit that the first half of the book overshadows the later half. The obsessions with the 'prank' seems to take away the stories simplistic nature which really makes it stand out. But don't let this put you off reading it! Even with the second half of the novel, the book is still enticing and exciting. I've also heard rumours of a movie in the making... so watch this space...