I absolutely loved The fault in our stars, and when I finished it I was inundated with emotions to the point of incapacity - and it was amazing. Let's be honest, feeling the feels is one of the biggest reasosns we are addicted to reading. 
 That having been my only experience with John Green, I was expecting more of the same. Not the grief bit which I was prepared for in TFIOS (I mean cancer, duh) but I was sadly underwhelmed by this book. 
 Don't get me wrong, it's a good book. There were a lot of good and funny moments. I laughed aloud, I cringed. There were poignant moments and beautiful messages but overall it didn't move me, and it won't stay with me. 
 Firstly, I will admit that the major incident of the book caught me completely by surprise. Curve ball of note. 
 I loved the metaphor of the labyrinthe, that was probably my favourite bit of the book. All the musings actually. John Green is a King Muser. 
 "You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present." 
 Miles is an interesting narrator, he tells the truth in a stark light that was quite appealing but, as could be expected, his teenage boy fantasies/wishfulness shone through and kind of annoyed me a lot. The first bit reminded me intensely of Spud, and quite honestly got me nostalgic for it! 
 Alaska... I don't quite know what to say about her. I see what Green was trying to do with this character - a hurricaine of a girl. The thing is, I don't quite know if I actually felt that. With all her actions and words I could tell what he was trying to get me to feel about her but it became quite clear that I didn't feel too much for her eventually. But it may just be a it's-me-not-you problem. 
 I think this is a great example of how teenagers can think that they are the centre of the universe. (view spoiler)[Especially how after Alaska has died Miles is still fixated on how he just had to know if she was going to break up with her boyfriend for him and if it had meant anything to her. Never have I wanted to backhand someone so badly. (hide spoiler)]. 
 Perhaps I would have felt differently had I read the book instead o listened to the audiobook, although in all honesty I hadn't been trapped in my car with no where to go I am not sure I would have had the strength to continue.. Although I am glad that I did. 
 So I acknowledge that this is a terrific book. It just wasn't for me.