Looking for Alaska- John Green

I bought this book right after finishing The Fault in our Stars also by John Green. I don't know if I was expecting something as great as what I had just finished, but this just didn't do it for me. I think that maybe boys in high school would enjoy this book more than me. I wish I had more to say, but it just didn't leave much for me. Other than the fact that I, like John Green and Miles Halter, now am interested in famous last words.

Here is the synopsis from Goodreads.com:

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A stunning debut, it marks John Green's arrival as an important new voice in contemporary fiction.

Loved:

• the idea of a Great Perhaps
• the different famous last words throughout the book
• wondering what Miles was counting down to at the beginning of each chapter

Loathed:

• boarding school that has such bad campus living
• irrational pranking
• so much smoking
• sex talked about in a meaningless manner
• storyline went slowly for me

It just wasn't for me. I think maybe some people would really love this book, but there was a lot that just didn't sit well with me. I wouldn't read this again or recommend it.