Title: The Fault In Our Stars
Author: John Green
# Of Pages: 313
Publisher: Dutton Books
Publication Date: January 10th, 2012
Source: Borrowed from Mom
Level: Young Adult
Rating: 4 Hearts
Synopsis
(From Goodreads)
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was
prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumors in her
lungs... for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is
post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy.
And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel
lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumors tenuously kept at bay with a
constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support
group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in
Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed
journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death,
will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.
My Verdict
I
think I may literally be one of the last people on planet Earth to read A
Fault In Our Stars. I'm going to keep this
review fairly short because there is nothing I could say that hasn't already
been said.
The
characters in this book felt so real it’s insane. The dialogue between Hazel
& Augustus is pretty much what made the whole book for me. I felt like the
two of them spoke their own language, it was strange, quirky, philosophical,
and almost always guaranteed to make you laugh.
After
I finished the book, the first thing I did was Google whether or not An
Imperial Affliction was a real book. Deep
down I knew the answer was no, but I was trying to sustain my disbelief because
I really, really wanted it to be real. I wanted to read this spectacular book
that meant so much to both Hazel & Augustus. I wanted to connect with them
even more through this book they both loved.
My
one eensy, weensy, microscopic complaint was that some of the chapters were
gargantuously long. The only reason this bothered me is because I'm one of
those people who doesn't like to stop reading in the middle of a chapter. So on
nights I only had time for a little reading before bed it always turned into a
lot of reading because some of the chapters took like half an hour.
In
conclusion, while I am happy I finally read this book and enjoyed it very much,
I just didn’t fall head over heals in love with it like most people seemed to.
Did I really enjoy it? YES. Do I want to read it over and over and name it my
favorite book of 2013? No.
