Cercando Alaska

Loved it. very much true to the book. I remember years back when I first read this book i loved it and this show is exactly how i imagined it to be. For me this show is great.

This is probably the best "mini series" I have seen, originally broadcast on Hulu, I found it on a set of three DVDs at my public library. Not only is it presented very well, there are a couple of interesting extras on bringing the book to the screen.

It is set mostly in 2005, in a rural boarding school that more resembles a summer camp. The author based a lot of it on his own experiences as a teenage student. Most of it is filmed in the Hammond, Louisiana area.

Miles is the new student from Florida, one of the students he meets is a girl named Alaska Young, tall, attractive, smart, vivacious, but often troubled, partly because of how she lost her mother only a few years earlier. Miles has an instant attraction to Alaska, she is definitely one who changes his life.

Not really wanting to categorize it, in essence it is a "coming of age" of a variety of students with a variety of backgrounds. It explores relationships and death, is there an afterlife? Or do we just die and fade away from everyone's memory?

The eight episodes play almost eight hours but my wife and I never were bored with any of it. The characters are all interesting and richly drawn. We watched one or two episodes at a time, over approximately one week. It truly one of the best mini-series we have ever watched.

Literally the best for any TV show yet and adds a lot to the emotions...Good novel portrayals are rare. This is one of those shows that get it right (Tones down the unnecessary intimate scenes from the book)

Started this series with no expectations, had never heard of the books or series, but I thought it sounded interesting. Man was I blown away. The first few episodes are at but slow, but then it gets you hooked, and in the end I sat in my couch with tears rolling down my face.

The actors fits their roles well, and the acting is top notch. The character development is great and not too forced. The cinematography and musical score fits well.

I've read so many novels and seen to many of them adapted that it's safe for me to say that this show is exactly how i pictured looking for alaska.

Even though I've read the book more times than i could count the show still jerked my tears and emotions.

The characters are not only as good as they were in the books, some of them are even better.

The additions to the story fit in so well that i actually wish they were in the book.

All and all looking for alaska is nothing less than a piece of art novel turned into a piece of art tv show