The Fault in Our Stars~

I honestly read this a while ago, but I decided to re-read it. John Green amazes me with his incredible writing that flows so effortlessly from paragraph to paragraph. I know that most of us has either read the book or seen the movie, but for those few out there, I will try not to give away the ending.

The novel is from Hazel’s perspective. She is a 16 year old girl with cancer. Her parents force her to go to a support group, which is where she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus is an amputee who is there in support of his friend, Isaac, who is about to get surgery for the cancer in his eyes that will make him legally blind. Hazel runs into him (literally) and there is immediately something there. Throughout the novel you get to witness their love grow stronger and stronger no matter what they have to go through. As Hazel’s cancer gets worse, Augustus decides to use his Wish to take her to Amsterdam to meet her favorite author, Peter Van Houten. When they get there, they discover that he is actually an awful person and they instead spend the trip together on what I consider a multiple day date. On the last day, Augustus reveals some information that really tests their relationship.

You have to read it to learn what the information is and what happens next, but I can promise you that it will be an enjoyable, emotional, and good read. You will become attached to the characters and find yourself rooting for them in every step that they take.

One of my favorite quotes from the novel is when Augustus comes over and they decide to make an ad to get rid of Hazel’s old childhood swing set. They have fun and laugh at what they can come up with for the ad and then Hazel makes a wonderful suggestion. “Lonely, vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks the butts of children.”

“Okay.”
I chose these two pictures because I honestly want to focus on the text of the book. John Green's writing style is so good that I can't even think of a picture that would significantly impact my understanding. Thank you to the wonderful John Green!