Well. That was interesting.
I have heard some much hype about this book - how amazing it is, comparing it to the likes of The Fault in Our Stars with its emotional wrenching story.
Personally, it didn't really do that for me. I found it, eh. I didn't like Alaska. I found her flirtatiousness and bipolar moodiness annoying and ridiculous. Miles was a little annoying too. Chip was funny. There was WAY too much sex things in this book for me though. Personally, I don't really want to read about what porn they're watching, or someone getting a blow job. That's just not something I am interested in in the least.
I wasn't entirely sure where the story was heading, even after it ended. SPOILER ALERT - she died like halfway through the book. They weren't even together - she had a boyfriend, he had a girlfriend, and yet the night that she died they were making out and he said that he loved her. The rest of the book was just the friends trying to figure out whether or not she died accidentally or by suicide.
There were some good parts in this though. I really love the questions asked about how to escape the labyrinth of suffering - this concept was very intriguing. I liked the fact that Miles was obsessed with peoples' last words; this is awesome. Not only do I learn the things that some seriously famous people said before they died, but, I liked the idea of having last words and knowing who someone is, even just a little, through what they say just before they die.
I would give this one 2.5/5 - which isn't super high I know. But I didn't like it so much, but it was slightly better than OK. I like some of the concepts. But I didn't like the almost tunnel vision on the sex and grossness of teenagers.
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