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Biggest Surprise--spoiler alert

Submitted by jdotcurt on February 15, 2008 - 14:16.

The biggest surprise in this story was when they killed off Alaska. This was very odd. The title hints that they have to find her but I wasn’t sure how. I never figured that they would kill her. The idea that they would kill one of the main characters never crossed my mind. I was totally blindsided. I figured she would get drunk and get lost somewhere. Then Pudge and the gang would have to go find her. On the flipside she died in a car accident. Never in a million years would I have seen that coming. The whole Finding Alaska was about trying to figure out how she died not literally looking for her. Was it an accident or suicide? Not knowing her doesn’t give me a clue. Also there is equal evidence for both sides of the case. This story left me with a question and I believe it helped the caliber of the story.

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