Reading Blog Post 18 - Starting Fresh

I really don't want to start a new book, I want to stay with Eleanor and Park in their little world forever and ever and ever, but things must go on. I know I said that I may do a summary of the book in my last post, but I feel like I would just be repeating what I've already said. By the way. If you are thinking about reading Eleanor & Park, then I would suggest not reading my previous posts. I just feel like they give too much away and for that I am sorry, but I just had to lay my feelings out about the book somewhere, so I figured that would be the best place!

I have now just started reading Looking for Alaska by John Green. I've decided to read this only because The Fault In Our Stars has received way too much publicity and I already know what will happen so I just don't really want to get the big hype about it, but I've really wanted to read this one for a while so I thought I'd give John Green a try. So far I don't exactly LOVE his writing style. I feel like it's incredibly pretentious and everything that he writes is so cliche, but I will bear with it because I'm only on the eighth page. The thing about John Green's writing is that I feel like every line is supposed to be perfectly placed and so, like, over dramatic, I guess. I just don't like the thought of people getting so googly eyed over things when it's the same thing over and over again.

So far I do not know a lot about Looking for Alaska, except for the fact that whoever Alaska is hasn't been introduced and Miles is the name of the character who is telling the story. I don't know much about Miles except for the fact that he's kind of non relatable because, well, I don't know. He just seems over thought as a character. It's just too over the top so far. I like thinking deep, but this isn't deep, it's like dragging on the same thought in an essay you just want to get over with.