Initial Impressions 9/2/17: 3 - 3.5 stars 
 LOOKING FOR ALASKA is one of the better John Green books I've read (the first being WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON) but I just still don't love John Green's writing. Actually, mostly I don't like his characters. Don't hate me buuuut.... Alaska bothered me. Heck, she even bothered her friends. It was another character who was idealized despite her flaws, which I guess happens all the time in books, but there's just something about the way it all happens in John Green's writing that I don't like. I went into this with an open mind and still had a hard time with his characters. 
 That being said, I did still enjoy it! It wasn't amazing and didn't make me feel all the feels but it was an interesting story and I actually enjoyed every other character except for Alaska, which was the whole point of the book. 
 The "After" didn't kick me in the feels like I knew it was supposed to (I figured it would be something like that but still didn't know what was coming) and it felt a little anti-climactic. I'm glad that it read it but it wasn't a stand-out read for me and while I didn't find anything "wrong" with it, it just wasn't a book that I really connected to. I'm glad my curiosity was satiated and that I still know my feelings about John Green's books despite continuing to try them. It's like... I'm happy that I keep picking them up but they're still not impressive to me. 
 Overall, this story did have more relatable characters than most and felt like one of the least pretentious books so that was a good experience! Still the black sheep on so many things, as always, but I'm okay with that.