Two years ago, one of my favorite people gave this to me as a birthday gift. But I never finished reading it then. And I regretted it because this book is wonderful. Seriously wonderful. There are times that I just wanted to put it down but something is telling me to keep on reading. And it did not fail me! The story line is just amazing. And the characters! Oh my gosh. I know we do not have that kind of teens in the Philippines (well, we do not do those kinds of pranks) but knowing their culture, it's too realistic. Well, sort of. 
 This book is too much - too much suspense, questions, pain and stupid stuff that kids do nowadays. I guess. When the book ended (or even in the middle of the story) I never cried. But it hit me so hard and blew me away just like that. Slowly but all at once. 
 Now that I read the whole book, I am genuinely happy I did. Prolly when I get old, Looking For Alaska is one of the books I'll still love and recommend to kids of the next gen.