The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Review: Ugh. I have been putting off reading and reviewing this book for so long. I'm still not ready! But here we go anyway... Hazel Grace is an amazing female character to read about, I mean like WOW. She is tough, sassy, sensitive, funny and everything a person wishes they could be or have as a friend. It is also exactly what you get in the book, kickass friends. Then there is Augustus Watters or Gus that is so sweet and funny that I can't help but wish for him to be real. Hazel and Augustus are so meant for each other its hard to every picture them before they met. The character developments and the deeper meanings to this book are endless. Even the less important characters are so vital to the story that its great. Then this the book likes to give you that problem of crying for the rest of your life after reading it. There are so many parts in the book that also make you cry, whether they are sad or happy. Its crazy, because almost 90% of the time whatever Hazel Grace says has you crying even when its not SAD! I don't think a book has ever had me so sad before or crazy in love with it to wish I didn't know what happens and just go back and read it for the first time all over again. And then there's Isaac, who is one of the best side characters that I have ever read about and can make so many jokes about what's happened to him. Also the whole Literal heart of Jesus joke. Ya so I'm going to go cry now....

5 out of 5 stars.
355 pages.
Young Adult.

Summary: 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.