This John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) adaptation is preppy, but endearing. Imagine the UK Skins (E4) but if it was Americanised and focused on teenagers at a sort of summer camp then you would get Looking for Alaska.
Miles who is an avid reader and knows lots of peoples last famous words is in search for his ‘great perhaps’. It is for this reason that Miles changes schools and moves to Culver Creek, a boarding school is Alabama in the hope to find his life’s meaning. His does, in the form of smart mouthed, feminist Alaska. Miles also meets roommate who’s nicknamed The Colonel. In a social group war, The Colonel has a scholarship to Creek, conflicts with the wealthy frat boys ‘weekday warriors’ who look down on him because of his status.
Miles, Alaska, Colonel and Takumi are misfits who smoke and drink together. Alaska makes a deal with Miles; she will get him laid if he finds out the ‘great perhaps’. In addition, the series follows the two social groups of Weekday Warriors and Outcasts as they battle each other in a series of practical pranks, which do not end well. Looking for Alaska is a wholesome watch for teen TV; however, the pranks and light smoking could be pushed to create more drama and make more social statements. If you liked 13 Reasons Why (Netflix) and Beaver Falls (E4) you will love Looking for Alaska.
Looking for Alaska is a less gritty version of UK Skins the friendships are sweet, but I would like to see more than pathetic pranks and games. Looking for Alaska is preppy, wholesome and sweet.
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