This was my first John Green read, and purchased in a bundle along with "An Abundance of Katherines" "Paper Towns" and "The Fault in Our Stars". 
 Being a little OCD, I decided to read them in publish date order, thus this one first. 
 It took me a while to get through - I would pick it up, read a couple of chapters, then pick it up at another date. It was a slow build, and I must say the innovative count-down to the big event did keep me reading. 
 After the event, I finished the book in one sitting... I can't decide if I liked it or not! I did not mind the male voices in the book, but Alaska herself did nothing for me... Yes, that event in her childhood was sad, but she treated her life and her friends more than a little carelessly, and I find myself caring less...