Thursday, August 30, 2012

Looking for Alska



Okay, because I re-read this book, I feel the need to re-write my thoughts about it. I don’t know what’s better, reading a book for the first time or reading it for the 2nd time. Reading it for the first time makes it a whole new adventure and the feeling of thrill and excitement is there and I believe that reading this book without knowing what to expect is so much better because you feel all these sudden emotions. Shock, grief, anger, confusion all together and it can be overwhelming but it feels great to read something like that. Something that surprises you, unpredictable, like life. And reading it for the second time makes you pay more attention to things that you didn’t notice before. Just like observing Alaska’s behavior “before”. It’s like you’re making your own investigation. I’ve had all these feelings that I can’t seem to verbalize and this book just lays it all down. (John Green is my hero.) The deep thoughts are like a wake up call. Like, everything affects everything. Okay, I stole that from another book (13 reasons why). But my point is that, IT.WILL.MAKE.YOU.SEE.

death, life, the labyrinth, your beliefs,The Great Perhaps and things in between.