This is the first book club book I had to purchase (rather than get from the library), and I was hoping it would be a solid re-read option. It wasn't really. I enjoyed it. It was funny in bits. It was interesting and will likely make for good book club discussion. But I didn't come away from it thinking, "Man I loved those characters and want to hang out with them again." Perhaps I'm not totally past my middle school predilections for hating girls like Alaska and boys who are stupidly in love with girls like Alaska.