![]() The main plot point of the book is that the main character Colin hasn’t had his “eureka” moment to make him a genius yet and he needs to solve this. Yet another novel about a depressed straight white male. It’s a whole novel fuelled by the brooding “deep thoughts” of a straight white male and I don’t understand why we liked it so much. For example Miles has an obsession with famous people’s last words as a substitute for a personality. This novel was also the start of John Green’s obsession with giving his male characters weird interests as “personality traits”. It turns into a mystery for Miles to solve, continuing the theme of Alaska as an enigma even after her death. It’s a boring old trope and she is basically a character who exists for Miles’ own character development rather than being an individual in her own right.Īnd then there’s the romanticisation of her death which is often thought to be suicide. Alaska could be summed up with the phrase “she’s not like other girls”, she’s gorgeous but plays video games with the guys and isn’t interested in typically girly things. She’s mysterious, attractive, intelligent, and always slightly out of reach. The glaringly obvious problem with this book is the manic pixie dream girl trope that is heavily applied to Alaska. The second half of the story kinda has a detective feel with Miles and his friends trying to find out what happened to Alaska on the night she died. The first half of the novel focuses on his adventures with his three mates, including the girl of his dreams – Alaska. In the novel Miles goes to a new boarding school. Where do I even begin with all the problems of Looking For Alaska? The whole novel feels like it’s been plucked straight from 2011 Tumblr. I looked back at his five novels from our teenage years to reminisce and see just how awful they really were: Looking For Alaska His most famous novels romanticised a lot of dark and serious subjects, were the epitome of the manic pixie girl trope and generally fairly cringe. But there is something wrong with praising John Green for becoming creating something 13 year old girls are doing in their bedrooms for free.Įvery book revolves around a white slightly uncool guy and his two best friends and the unattainable girl he’s put on a pedestal only to find out she’s not as perfect as he originally thought. And there’s nothing wrong with fanfiction. However looking back on these books now they were essentially well edited Tumblr fanfiction. They featured the teenagers you wanted to be and also recognised yourself in them for their relatable faults. They were about smoking, drinking and dating. The Hunger Games and the Twilight Saga were elite but because of the fantasy element some people wouldn’t admit to openly enjoying them. And like many teenagers on the internet I would share quotes, draw infinity symbols on my arm in biro and was generally in love with Augustus Waters.įor teenagers in a romance starved generation, we had some truly epic books to dive into to feed our idealistic teen phase. The spoke to the shy, weird and bookish teenagers, which I definitely was. Look I’m happy to admit it, as a young teenager who wasn’t exactly cool in school, the John Green books were my life. But on reflection this book and John Green’s other teen novels just weren’t that good. #John greenbooks movieThe novel was undoubtedly John Green’s most commercially successful novel, it became a blockbuster movie and had everyone sharing quotes about “forever within the numbered days” on Tumblr. ![]() Whether you’re visiting these tales for the first time or getting reacquainted, you’ll find each story at once heart-wrenching and totally relatable.It’s been nearly 10 years since The Fault In Our Stars was released. ![]() So, once you’ve binged, we have a selection of Green’s books to hold you over until the next film adaptation. It stars Charlie Plummer ( Boardwalk Empire), Kristine Froseth ( Apostle), and Denny Love ( Empire), and premieres in its entirety on October 18. The tale about a kid in the Deep South struggling to fit in at a new boarding school will play out over eight episodes on Hulu.įor the Looking for Alaska mini-series, Green pairs with another auteur of the adolescent experience, Josh Schwartz, whose writing and producing credits include The O.C., Gossip Girl, and Chuck. And many have actually made the jump from page to screen: There’s Paper Towns, starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne The Fault in Our Stars, with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort and now, Looking for Alaska. John Green pens innovative young-adult fiction that simply begs for movie adaptations. ![]()
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