Title: The Fault In Our StarsAuthor: John GreenPublisher: Dutton JuvenilePublishing Date: January 10th 2012Length: 336 pagesGenre: YA contemporary romanceSource: GiftDiagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.Summary by Goodreads
My review
of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS should consist of tears and tears only. My eyes still
hurt from crying so much. I have read books with sad endings before. My first
John Green book was the one that made my heart ache on every page.
How can I
tell you that I enjoyed THE FAULT IN OUR STARS when its protagonists are dying
kids? Cancer is one of the most terrible illnesses and sadly many people are
afflicted by cancer or know someone who has suffered from its widespread causes
at some point. Cancer is present in every chapter, on every page of THE FAULT
IN OUR STARS. But one should see that there is so much more to it than that. The
feelings, moments and people that are worth living for.
I liked
every single character in this story so very much, no cancer perk I assure. I was
desperate for them to live.
Hazel is
such a fragile young girl with a valiant story and tragic fate. Then she is one
of the bravest YA heroines I ever met. It’s no wonder Augustus Waters is
falling for her, hard. He is the boy who wins Hazel’s heart although her body
is already claimed by lung cancer. It’s Augustus’ true self, his glowing,
charismatic being that makes him so worth of her and the reader’s love.
Now
Augustus isn’t the only man in Hazel’s life. An author named Peter van Houten
is not unimportant to her. Hazel is obsessed with his book An Imperial Affliction. I found the idea very comforting that a
book has the power to help Hazel through the hardest time of her life. I don’t
want to give away too much, but I need to say that the character of author van
Houten himself in contrast was one I absolutely disliked.
John Green
did such a good job writing THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, because he made a book that
is realistic and doesn’t try to sugarcoat the daily routine and possibilities
of cancer patients or to disguise the horrible true face of cancer itself.
Even though
Green attends to the serious matter of living your life with cancer under the
permanent prospect of dying, the overall tenor of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS is enlivened
by the characters’ joking about their illness.
THE FAULT
IN OUR STARS left an impression on me. This book has its perfections, edges and
flaws. It’s a jumble of entirely different emotions to me. It’s the story of
Hazel and Augustus interrupted by life and death all the same.
I can’t
wait to devour every single John Green book available! Now I know why people
cannot but love his books. His writing is free, there are no boundaries it
seems.
1) of drinking
stars
2) of the
best wish investment
3) it’s one
of the most emotional and saddest stories ever told
4) of a
miracle girl
5) of the
people who care for us every passing second of our lives
5/5 ***** THE FAULT IN OUR STARS- Hilarious,
sensitive, raw and heart-achingly sad. Uniquely John Green!
It’s one of
the books you never want to pick up again, and yet read it every day for the
rest of your life. I have cried a lot over many books in the past. They are all
no comparison to the amount of tears I spent on THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. I
expected it, yet it came so unexpected…the end. And if you don’t drown in your
tears, I promise you’ll get drunk by John Green’s words. His words are like the
best stars one can drink!
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You said it perfectly. I want to crawl into a ball and cry just thinking of the emotions that are in this book. This book is perfection.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm in tears all over again! This review says it all, really great, great review!
ReplyDeleteI should definitely pick up a copy of this sometime this year, because so many people said the exact same things about it like you did. It sounds like a heart-breaking read, but at the same time it's the books that can make you cry which are truly amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us! :)
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Hm... There are not many books that make me cry. And I don't like those who have a lot of angst. BUT for whatever reason, I'm eager to read The Fault in Our Stars. I'm excited to read about the characters you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteGreat review! :)
I whole-heartedly agree and TFIOS is one of those few books that made me cry a little at the end as well, so sad :,(
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