I really enjoyed sharing many books with my daughter when she was young, in installments on short car trips, or whole books on long trips. It is about choice, particularly the choice to love, regardless of the inexorable outcome of pain, or death, or both. I find most books in this genre sappy, boring, and (unintentionally) uninspiring. The characters are mostly teens, with fledgling self-images yet they are written with nuance and power and grace. The narration was fantastic, depicting subtle and incongruous teen emotions and the breathless panic of oxygen deprivation. This is decidedly NOT a book about cancer, this is a book about life. I have not been a teen for several decades (and was never a teenage girl), but I could not put this book down, and sighed when it came to an end. I generally find Teen/Young-Adult fiction tedious but I laughed more than I cried (I did both, sometimes simultaneously) during this wonderful book. OVERALL - If you don't mind a good cry, I would definitely recommend this book.īright, Funny, Inspiring, Poignant & Powerful NARRATION - The reading of this story is good, but there is nothing special about the performance. The truth that serious illnesses affect children is something we don't like to think about, but sometimes we need to be reminded. Hazel and Gus are loveable teenaged characters and their story seems very real. Despite the sadness, it is a beautifully written story and I couldn't stop listening. That is what's so sad, the fact that they just accept amputations, tubes and treatments as normal, often joking about their own shortcomings. It is more about how they struggle to just be normal teenagers and try to do what other kids their age do. The story doesn't dwell on tear-jerking descriptions of their symptoms and suffering. They are both very smart, mature for their years and have healthy attitudes about their illness. The story is about two teenagers, Hazel and Augustus, who both have cancer and fall in love. The only reason I didn't rate this book a 5 is because it was - well, predictably sad. STORY - As a rule I don't like sad books or movies, but I decided to take a chance on this one for the sake of variety and also the very high ratings.
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It brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.įrom John Green, number-one best-selling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars is insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw. Number-One Wall Street Journal Best Seller ĭespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.
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“The greatest romance story of this decade.″ ( Entertainment Weekly) Lockhart, number-one best-selling author of We Were Liars
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