Book: Looking for Alaska by John Green
So you probably can't tell, but my internet connection broke down again and I'mw riting this entry in OpenOffice's Writer (because I can't even afford Microsoft Word) and will upload it on my journal later (that is tomorrow) in my university's computer room. Oh wait, you actually can tell, if you look closely: the „quotation marks“ will be different. :O ...never mind.
I finished An Agreement among Gentlemen in one day; 220 pages don't make for a long read, but it was an enjoyable one nonetheless. It did not include people being flogged, but you knew it happened. Just, not to out main characters on page. Pity, pick up the deviations series if you want to read, in detail, about flogging. :)
Anyway, I just started another great book that finally got delivered yesterday (while I was out, so I found it late at night when I came home and instantly started reading): Looking For Alaska by John Green; this is not a book I would usually pick up, but: I saw the author on youtube (Click on this Link omg! The channel belongs to him and his brother, don't confuse them.) and I think he's brilliant, so I bought the book. Which, as far as I can tell after 50 pages, is brilliant as well. It's funny, intelligent and honest. Plus, if you know what it's like to be an outsider at school (like me), you'll like the main character just fine.
Said main character, Miles, decides to go to boarding school. There he meets a bunch of totally awesome if possibly weird people (like "the Colonel") and gets the nick name Pudge for no real reason. Pudge's hobby is to memorize dead people's last words (I love quotes) and enjoys reading biographies. Also, in case you're wondering, „Alaska“ is a girl's name. XD You know, in Germany you couldn't let a kid chose their own name. Hell, the choice is limited as it is... I think the rules are far less strict in America, I like that.
What i don't like about the book:
1. Pudge starts smoking and I HATE smoking. It's okay for the book,, but i still don't like it.
2. The school's „don't rat on anybody no matter what“ policy. The general idea is okay, but sometimes telling the authorities is actually a good idea, it's what they're for.
However: the book is fun to read, I cannot stress this enough. And do check out John Green on youtube (vlogbrothers), I could listen to him all day! And if you consider yourself a nerd? You should do both, read the book and watch the channel, anyway.
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One... or two days later, I'm not sure, I have finished the "before" part of the novel and reached the "after" part. Alaska dies. Now while that surely is a horrible thing, especially for Pudge and the Colonel, I can't quite relate to their reactions. Then again, it has never happened to me that a person from my everyday life died. I hardly knew my grand parents, they lived pretty far a away and I was still kinda young. So I'm not so happy with that part of the book; it is, naturally, not as fun-and-games as the first one was.
Also, I don't think this book offers much for slashers; I can see how Colonel/Pudge makes a lot of sense, a freaking lot really, but it's a short book to obsess over a slash pairing. *shrugs*
In related news, you might want to watch this video. XD
I finished An Agreement among Gentlemen in one day; 220 pages don't make for a long read, but it was an enjoyable one nonetheless. It did not include people being flogged, but you knew it happened. Just, not to out main characters on page. Pity, pick up the deviations series if you want to read, in detail, about flogging. :)
Anyway, I just started another great book that finally got delivered yesterday (while I was out, so I found it late at night when I came home and instantly started reading): Looking For Alaska by John Green; this is not a book I would usually pick up, but: I saw the author on youtube (Click on this Link omg! The channel belongs to him and his brother, don't confuse them.) and I think he's brilliant, so I bought the book. Which, as far as I can tell after 50 pages, is brilliant as well. It's funny, intelligent and honest. Plus, if you know what it's like to be an outsider at school (like me), you'll like the main character just fine.
Said main character, Miles, decides to go to boarding school. There he meets a bunch of totally awesome if possibly weird people (like "the Colonel") and gets the nick name Pudge for no real reason. Pudge's hobby is to memorize dead people's last words (I love quotes) and enjoys reading biographies. Also, in case you're wondering, „Alaska“ is a girl's name. XD You know, in Germany you couldn't let a kid chose their own name. Hell, the choice is limited as it is... I think the rules are far less strict in America, I like that.
What i don't like about the book:
1. Pudge starts smoking and I HATE smoking. It's okay for the book,, but i still don't like it.
2. The school's „don't rat on anybody no matter what“ policy. The general idea is okay, but sometimes telling the authorities is actually a good idea, it's what they're for.
However: the book is fun to read, I cannot stress this enough. And do check out John Green on youtube (vlogbrothers), I could listen to him all day! And if you consider yourself a nerd? You should do both, read the book and watch the channel, anyway.
*
One... or two days later, I'm not sure, I have finished the "before" part of the novel and reached the "after" part. Alaska dies. Now while that surely is a horrible thing, especially for Pudge and the Colonel, I can't quite relate to their reactions. Then again, it has never happened to me that a person from my everyday life died. I hardly knew my grand parents, they lived pretty far a away and I was still kinda young. So I'm not so happy with that part of the book; it is, naturally, not as fun-and-games as the first one was.
Also, I don't think this book offers much for slashers; I can see how Colonel/Pudge makes a lot of sense, a freaking lot really, but it's a short book to obsess over a slash pairing. *shrugs*
In related news, you might want to watch this video. XD