Reviews

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

that_weird_bunny's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

master0fdisguise's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Child death, and Cursing

fethiye's review against another edition

5.0

This is the kind of book that makes you want to read it over and over and yet never again
it was no denying one of the most meaningful books I've ever read

lucys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

domicspinnwand's review against another edition

4.0

Ja, hat mir gut gefallen. Ist natürlich ein Jugendbuch, was man auch merkt, aber wirklich gut zu lesen, ohne zu sehr auf die Tränendrüsen zu drücken. Und frau kommt schon ins Nachdenken, dass es ziemlich viele Dinge gibt, die man als Gesunde für selbstverständlich nimmt, die es aber definitiv nicht sind.

celiarodjim's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

librarianinperiwinkle's review against another edition

5.0

I still am not sure how I made it through this achingly funny, poignant book without sobbing. Maybe because most of it really is humorous, even the tragic parts. Dark humor sometimes, true, but witty.

Hazel Grace Lancaster is sixteen years old and slowly dying of cancer when she meets the love of her life, Augustus Waters (age 17), at a Cancer Support Group. Gus had lost a leg in his own battle with cancer a year and a half earlier but comes to the support group that night because of his friend Isaac who is about to lose his remaining eye to cancer surgery.

It sounds like this would be a total downer of a book, but John Green refuses to let that happen. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

For readers' advisors: character doorway primarily, story & language secondary, and there is one not-at-all-explicit sex scene.

ray_jca's review against another edition

4.0

One word. Sad.

lanadelrat's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0