Hazel, a 16 year old girl is 2 years in remission, but is still fighting and holding off her Stage IV thyroid cancer. Her mom wanting her to be a teenager, pushes her to go to a social group full of children who have or is healing from a life threatening disease. This is where she meets Augustus Waters, the boy who will do anything for her. He's gorgeous, and in remission. A wonderful, and heartbreaking book full of love, pain, and sadness. This is more than a good book, it's a book that will touch your heart and make you look differently at life. Cancer is a struggle in my experience, and everything Hazel says about pity, worrying not for her, but her family, and the continuous question, what have I done that makes me a hero is the thoughts that rolled through my head at that time. Sadness fills my heart about how good and touching this book really is. Definitely a heart warming book to put on your reading list.
Review by Mallorie!
LOVE THIS BOOK!!! :D
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought about what it would be like to be in love knowing that you could die any day? With over millions of copies sold, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars has touched many people’s hearts. In this tale of young romance, Hazel Grace, a sixteen year old girl with lung cancer, was going to an everyday meeting called the “Support Group” for teenagers with cancer when she unexpectedly meets seventeen year old Augustus Waters. Little does she know that when he kindly invites Hazel to a movie, that they would soon fall in love.
ReplyDeleteAugustus Waters immediately took a liking to Hazel. Living with one fake leg, he thought that he could never have a chance with anybody. He has been cancer free for a while now, but he’s worried it might eventually come back. Hazel, who can’t live without an oxygen tank, has been having a tough time with her lungs. After Augustus reads Hazel’s favorite book An Imperial Affliction, he starts getting interested in the author, Peter Van Houten. Confused by the ending of the book, Augustus tries contacting Van Houten. Except there is one problem: he has been silent since he went away to live in Amsterdam. Hazel had been e-mailing him for a while now, trying to get a reply from him, but had no such luck. But when Augustus attempts, he gets a reply from Van Houten’s assistant, Lidweij Vliegenthart. After a few e-mails, Lidweij asked Hazel and Augustus to come to Amsterdam to discuss An Imperial Affliction with Van Houten. Once she convinced her doctor that she could do international travel, Hazel and Augustus eventually went to Amsterdam. On their trip there, their relationship changes when Augustus says “I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.” When they return from Amsterdam, things take a rough turn. Both of their lives get more complicated, and things happen that will tear at the reader’s heartstrings.
I felt that John Green did a wonderful job with the organization of the book. There was never a time where it didn’t make sense, and the characters are very relatable. By the end of the story, they change slightly, but not too much where they are a whole new person. “Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.” Being in Hazel’s point of view, her feelings are described and I was able to connect to her and feel what she was feeling.
Overall, I would say that The Fault in Our Stars is marvelous and one of my favorite books. I would recommend this book for ages thirteen and up because it has a little edginess to it. But it is definitely a good, short read that you can’t help but love.