Reviews

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

annalie_rose's review against another edition

5.0

Life changing

oliverigotti's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

i reread this after watching a youtube video (idk why that makes me sound like an old person) abt john green.  I finished it in approximately three hours and had to leave my bed because i was crying so hard and i didn’t want to wake  tim. this is what i imagine it feels like to read a little life. 

so good. so sad. so nostalgic 

aiden_x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

andreea27's review against another edition

4.0

Dupa [b:Looking for Alaska|99561|Looking for Alaska|John Green|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1375127275s/99561.jpg|919292] ma indoiesc ca voi putea citi o carte de acest autor pe care sa o consider la fel de buna. Insa TFIOS a fost draguta si emotionanta.
Replicile jucause schimbate la inceputul cartii intre Hazel si Augustus, doi adolescenti bolnavi de cancer, au fost cauza a nenumarate zambete furate. Insa atmosfera s-a schimbat undeva spre sfarsitul cartii, cand starea lui Augustus era intr-o continua deteriorare. TFIOS este o carte care ofera o perspectiva asupra brutalitatii cancerului din punctul de vedere al unor adolescenti, carora viata le este furata de insasi corpul lor. Este interesant sa urmaresti conceptia lor despre lumea inconjuratoare, despre 'norocul' celorlalti de a fi sanatosi si de a-si putea urma in mod firesc cursul vietii si, nu in ultimul rand, despre moartea rusinoasa care ii asteapta - o moarte care nu le permite sa ramana in istorie prin prisma eroismului sau a unui bine umanitar. Aceasta este perceptia lui Augustus despre moartea provocata de cancer, care mi-a ramas intiparita in minte. Majoritatea oamenilor care nu au probleme de sanatate nu gandesc niciodata atat de profund in ceea ce priveste viata si moartea, deoarece sunt prea preocupate sa traiasca momentul, totul fiind manat de egolatrie. In schimb cei care stiu ca sfarsitul este inevitabil de apropiat ar da orice pentru a-si prelungi viata si a lasa o urma a existentei lor pe Pamant.

oakleeburnham's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

z_q28's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

bookwyrm76's review against another edition

4.0

I love John Green and this book was one of his best. The characters in the book often refer to 'cancer books' and if you read a lot of teen/kids lit, you can't help but know the books they mean. While most are well meaning I can't imagine that most are really all that inspirational or comforting to people going through cancer treatment or dealing with someone in their family having cancer.

Green's characters feel real as you read about them. I did cry while reading this novel, but I was not depressed when it was finished. I was satisfied. Not "oh, ok it's over" satisfied, but the deep sign of satisfaction after a great meal that satisfies all your cravings. I'm not going to give you a summary because most of the other reviews out there will as well as the blurb on Amazon or B&N.

I would recommend this book for all the fans of twilight who think Edward Cullen is romantic. Let them read about Augustus Waters and learn how real guys are romantic. Yeah, Augustus is probably too good to be true, but I'll take him over Edward any page! I would also recommend this on a more serious note to fans of Lurlene Daniels, Caroline Cooney, or others along those lines. It was a great tear jerker for those who enjoy that without the headache I usually have at the end of those.

ashinoda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

misstrusted's review against another edition

4.0

I have to say that I liked this book and it did make me cry but I just couldn't shake the feeling that I've seen this in an after-school special type movie.

judeandolin's review against another edition

1.0

See full review here. I feel like an enormous outlier here because everyone I know thought this book was fantabulous. I really, really didn't like it. I might read again to figure out exactly why, but until then here's a bulleted list of reasons I remember:

- Romanticized illness. Ughhhhhhh.
- A deplorable main character. (Although I have no examples of this because I haven't read this book for a few years.)
- It's a book about teenagers that doesn't actually sound like teenagers. It sounds like snobby college students who are studying philosophy because they have too much money and no career path (think Karen from How I Met Your Mother). And to add on to this...
- The dialogue is terrible. It's so unrealistic that I just felt like squirming the whole time.
- And perhaps worst, we have a love interest who pretends to smoke cigarettes by putting them in his mouth and leaving them unlit, and then saying pretentious shit like this: "It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing."



I can understand where the love for this book comes from. Because in my middle school and high school days, a guy saying ~*~deep stuff~*~ like that totally would have tangled my panties, too. But then my brain fully developed.