Kinda 3.5 
 This book could be said to have three sorta-conclusions (that I perceived), two of them extremely close together, & none of them that I liked. But I was mostly happy in this book. I liked it the way I like Harry Potter - just hanging around some boarding school with mischievous kids. Alaska was pretty awesome. Takumi & the Colonel are pretty cool. Narrator bro can be okay. 
 Look, I'm a sentimental man. I loved Fault In Our Stars, & I knew I'd read more John Green looking for similar. I guess if I wanted to I'd have a bit to say about this book. But I don't feel like spoiler-tagging things, & I don't know if a Goodreads review by my lonesome is the place to do it. Suffice to say, Alaska reminded me of certain things I'd forgot. (& I feel like that's something old people say, & I'm an old person, & I feel shame.) & I rode certain waves of emotion throughout the book. & quite a bit of it was worth a full 5 stars to me, & then towards the end, it petered out, eventually becoming like a 2 star bunch of chapters. Though it never really got bad... I feel weird saying it, but some of the respected writers - I just read Carver a few weeks ago - suck at dialogue. I can't believe it for a second. But the writing here was okay - pretty good - even if it was simple, & made to be digestible for teens. I believed maybe all of the dialogue. & that counts to me. It was mostly very believable. 
 & I'll read more John Green. Dude's quick, & leaves memories.