Goodreads Blurb

Despite 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. 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.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This book was definitely like a roller coaster that keeps on climbing, but everything that goes up must come down. It was a true love story that I will cherish forever. Hazel Grace and Augustus were two very strong characters who, while being ill, still kept their hopes and laughter’s alive. Even though John Green stated that he started the book and then stopped in between, it felt like every word just flowed easily. I fell completely in love with Augustus. Loved the way he spoke and how happy he always seemed regardless of how he really felt. The scene when Hazel was in the Anne Frank Museum and she was climbing all those stairs and had to stop to breathe made me see her willpower. She was going to make it through those stairs no matter what, even if that was the last thing she did. There were many ups and downs in this book. John didn’t hold anything back. I was so upset that Peter Van Houten was such a jerk. What is sad is that there are many people in this world who are bitter, and because of a loss in their life, they have been stuck in that moment with no will to move on. I could relate a little with this story. My grandmother had died from cancer. I saw everything that Chemo does to you and how your body reacts to all those horrible medications and treatments. It was sad to have seen Gus urinate on himself, the constant vomiting. It’s really hard to know that someone you love will be dying soon and that most of their motor skills are diminishing. I saw the movie before reading this book, so I feel that this book was so much better than the film, but it was still a great movie. I highly recommend you read this book even though I know mostly everyone has read it.

Author Biography

John Green’s first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green’s career. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. The book also topped the New York Times Children’s Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios.