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Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
shelfwitch's review against another edition
Placeholder to mark my second read of tfios, as goodreads still doesn't have a reread option.
thenstinasays's review against another edition
4.0
I’m just going to talk about these all at once (Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Paper Towns. The Fault in Our Stars. An Abundance of Katherines.), since I read them all in the span of about a week….
Let me set the scene. I read “Looking for Alaska” a while ago, and after I read and dug it, I bought the rest of his books for my kindle almost immediately. Of these four, I started with TFiOS. I thought to myself, “It’s about 8pm on a Saturday night, Hubby is hunkered down playing videogames, I might as well start a new book.”
This was either the best thing or the worst thing I have ever done.
I read TFiOS in one sitting, from 8pm to after 4am. Hubby kept looking over at me when I had a steady stream of tears and snot coming down my face, sniffling loudly (it sounded like this: *snooooorrrrrkkkkkkkkkk*) and blowing my nose with the Chipotle napkins left from dinner since I didn’t want to step out of the story to go get actual tissues. I was a hot mess. A. Hot. Mess. Getting out of bed for Sunday lunch with my parents was not fun for either of us.
I haven’t cried like that in a long, long time… since March 15, 2009, actually. It was a real catharsis, one that I didn’t know I needed.
I powered through the other three very quickly, and I enjoyed them a lot. I didn’t have as visceral of a reaction to them as I did to TFiOS, but I dug them.
All four are highly recommended, but TFiOS most of all… though not on a work or school night… :)
Let me set the scene. I read “Looking for Alaska” a while ago, and after I read and dug it, I bought the rest of his books for my kindle almost immediately. Of these four, I started with TFiOS. I thought to myself, “It’s about 8pm on a Saturday night, Hubby is hunkered down playing videogames, I might as well start a new book.”
This was either the best thing or the worst thing I have ever done.
I read TFiOS in one sitting, from 8pm to after 4am. Hubby kept looking over at me when I had a steady stream of tears and snot coming down my face, sniffling loudly (it sounded like this: *snooooorrrrrkkkkkkkkkk*) and blowing my nose with the Chipotle napkins left from dinner since I didn’t want to step out of the story to go get actual tissues. I was a hot mess. A. Hot. Mess. Getting out of bed for Sunday lunch with my parents was not fun for either of us.
I haven’t cried like that in a long, long time… since March 15, 2009, actually. It was a real catharsis, one that I didn’t know I needed.
I powered through the other three very quickly, and I enjoyed them a lot. I didn’t have as visceral of a reaction to them as I did to TFiOS, but I dug them.
All four are highly recommended, but TFiOS most of all… though not on a work or school night… :)
pasley_toles's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jkjkjk's review against another edition
4.0
LOVED a fault in our stars - of course.
liked looking for alaska and paper towns. read them when I was in my early 20's so it was starting to feel a little to "YA" for me
don't think I finished an abundance of katherines.
liked looking for alaska and paper towns. read them when I was in my early 20's so it was starting to feel a little to "YA" for me
don't think I finished an abundance of katherines.
diariodegradabile's review against another edition
5.0
Re-read Looking for Alaska for the third time
alylovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
( review for Looking for Alaska ) Miles best known as “ Pudge” attends Culver Creek a boarding school his father attended. He was very closed and shy until he meets Colonel, his roommate and the mysterious Alaska. “Pudge” hasn’t been big on taking a risk , that is until he opened up to these amazing people in his life, his life changes for the better and he learns a deal about how truly precious life can be.