Rating:
“BEFORE. Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter’s whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the “Great Perhaps” (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. she pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.”
Honestly, I don’t know how I feel about this book. I bought it because I had liked TFIOS (next review, btw) by the same author. The first part deals with the crazy Alaska Young and a prank, she, Pudge and their friends are going to pull on the other students. It’s some kind of tradition apparently. I liked the characters, but I sometimes couldn’t help wondering how they got away with the things they did.
Alaska seems very carefree and lacking in limits. I ended up feeling really sorry for her. SPOILERRRRSSS –she dies-. It’s sad when this happens. She was a fun character and for her to go in such a horrible unfair way was just heartbreaking.
After she is out of the picture, her friends embark on a quest to find out about the events that lead to her untimely death, which is quite confusing.
When I got to the ending I was kinda mad… All this build-up to the ending where I expected they’d discover some kind of indication as to why she ended up the way she did, and NOTHING. You get some kind of clue, but nothing concrete… so I liked it but it’s not a book I’d read again.
However, I’d recommend it. I really enjoyed the book, it was the ending that bothered me.
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