I can't even give a coherent review of this. SO MANY FEELINGS. 
 I do want to talk about one thing, though: I love the way John Green addresses the issue of viewing people through the lens of our own desires, rather than as real people. This issue is the main reason that Paper Towns remains my favourite Green book to this day, and it crops up repeatedly in Alaska. Pudge is called out several times for seeing Alaska only as she is when she is catering to his romantic notions about her, instead of as the complicated, not always pleasant, and certainly-not-there-for-his-benefit person she truly is. It's an important idea for everyone, but an especially important one for teenagers who are newly navigating relationships. I feel like so many people don't learn the lesson that others aren't there to be your image of them, that people are multifaceted and complicated and aren't always going to be exciting and fun. 
 ANYWAY. I obviously have a lot of personal feelings about this. Let's just skip to the easily defined bits: 
 Rating: 4.3 Illegally Obtained Bottles of Strawberry Hill 
 Favourite Quote: "After all this time, it still seems to me like straight and fast is the only way out -- but I choose the labyrinth. The labyrinth blows, but I choose it." 
 Recommend: Absolutely.