Author: John Green
# of Pages: 313
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Why This Book has Value:
The novel, The Fault in Our stars by John green is the ultimate teenage love story. The main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster had Thyroid cancer that eventually moved to her lungs but she is now a cancer survivor. As a request from her mother, Hazel attends a support group every Wednesday in a basement of a church. One day upon going to support group Hazel meets Augustus Waters, who is also a cancer survivor. Little did Hazel know that he was going to change her life forever. Even though the couple met in an unexpected place both battling their own battles, they still find a way to fall in love with each other.
The two characters find a common interest, An Imperial Affliction; A book by Peter Van Houten. This book not only bonds the two but also gives them some sort of hope. A corporation called the Genies give kids with cancer and other life threatening illnesses one wish and they can make it on whatever they want. Hazel being a young kid when she was diagnosed used her wish on Disney World. Augustus decides that he wants to use his wish to take Hazel to Amsterdam so that they can learn about the ending of their favorite book. It was clear coming and meeting Peter Van Houten was a huge mistake because he is a very rude unpleasant character that ruins the ideal image of what they thought he was in there heads. The trip wasn't a total bust though, Hazel and Augustus grew very close.
John Green is a brilliant writer and his book really grabs the reader. While reading this book it was so hard for me to stop; I probably could have read it all in one sitting. I honestly think this would be a book worth reading. Not only is the book really relatable to reality (life to life situations) it's also written so that you can feel each emotion a character feels whether is be happy, sad, or make you laugh. This is the ultimate teenage love story with a twist of real life. As Augustus would say, “I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend”.
I agree that this book can easily be related to reality. Many kids and adults are surviving with cancer. I read this book last summer, and I loved how the characters bonded over a book. I liked how the author sort of defied the stereotypical teen and made created a bond between the characters through something that most teens wouldn't care so much about.
ReplyDeleteI too agree about how relatable it is. Cancer is such a common thing now, and it affects so many people. Also, when they went to Amsterdam to find out the ending of the book, and they had a rude awakening is very relatable too. So many times we picture things to be one way, when in reality they turn out to be something completely different.
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