The Fault in Our Stars

Title of Book: The Fault in Our Stars Author: John Green # of Pages 289 Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Why This Book has Value: The Fault in Our Stars will be one of the best books that you could sit down and read simply because of the way John Green composed his characters, themes and the plot. In the book "The Fault in Our Stars" there is two main characters. One is Hazel Grace and the other is Augustus Waters. They meet one day in their cancer support group and from that day on Augustus impressed Hazel with his good looks and how smart he was. They first bonded over a book called "An Imperial Affliction" ironically it was about a cancer patient that is writing her life story, but the book end in the middle of a sentence. Thus begun the obsession of finding the end from the author. Augustus and Hazel go and meet this author who is a jerk. But in that trip Hazel realizes she is in love with Augustus even though he has been in love with her the whole book. During the trip Hazel also finds out that cancer has spread through out Augustus's body and he might not have much longer with her. They spend their time together beautifully. The way John Green built up the character of Augustus makes you twist and turn at every page. In the beginning he is coming back from his fight with cancer and luckily all he lost was his leg. John Green has you thinking Hazel is the ticking time bomb that will eventually die leaving Augustus with the rest of his life to live happily; until he doesn't. The building of Augustus also has to do with the big twist in the end that no one saw coming because this whole time John Green had you believing one thing when its the complete opposite. This book has value because not only is it a love story but it also has life lessons embedded within it. After reading this book I have a different look on life in the way that everything could always be worse but don't deny yourself of the simple beauties that life has to offer.