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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
Goodreads effing ate my review and I'm too annoyed to write another one.
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I finished this book at work during my lunch break. I had to concentrate really hard so no one would hear me cry my eyes out or notice the insane amount of tissues I was going through.
I loved Hazel. She was dry and sarcastic and jaded without being totally nihilistic about her situation which was an incredible balance. I have nowhere near an inkling of what it must be like to have cancer, or be a teenager who has cancer, but Hazel's personality and what she was going through jumped off of the page and felt more like I actually knew her than just a character in a book.
The love story between Hazel and Augustus is precious without being saccharine and feels like a first love without going over the top. It felt like a secret the reader was being let in on and will stick with you for a long time to come.
I can't recommend this book enough.
I loved Hazel. She was dry and sarcastic and jaded without being totally nihilistic about her situation which was an incredible balance. I have nowhere near an inkling of what it must be like to have cancer, or be a teenager who has cancer, but Hazel's personality and what she was going through jumped off of the page and felt more like I actually knew her than just a character in a book.
The love story between Hazel and Augustus is precious without being saccharine and feels like a first love without going over the top. It felt like a secret the reader was being let in on and will stick with you for a long time to come.
I can't recommend this book enough.
okay let me get this straight. this is the best novel I have ever read.period. I have never ever experienced feelings of happyness and sadness at such excess. ever.
while reading this book I felt myself laughing at the amazing humor and at the same time feeling depressed. it wasn't an emotional rollercoaster...it was a rollercoaster with two speeds. happy and sad and that was pretty much it.
I suddenly found myself sobbing tp the point my husband woke up aksing me what was wrong and to the point I mumbled don't you ever die on me while tryig tp catch my breath. cried while reading a book before? never happened and I think it wobt ever happen again.
the whole theme of the book had to do eith cancer and how people find a way to love and to forgive and apprieciate life and family and friends. how through a disease a person can change so much and how love can be found...and lost. the book also concentrates on the side characters that alsp play an important role in the book and to the main characters. enough with the analyzation just go read the book and get your minds blown away.
I fucking totally recommend this aeesome book.
while reading this book I felt myself laughing at the amazing humor and at the same time feeling depressed. it wasn't an emotional rollercoaster...it was a rollercoaster with two speeds. happy and sad and that was pretty much it.
I suddenly found myself sobbing tp the point my husband woke up aksing me what was wrong and to the point I mumbled don't you ever die on me while tryig tp catch my breath. cried while reading a book before? never happened and I think it wobt ever happen again.
the whole theme of the book had to do eith cancer and how people find a way to love and to forgive and apprieciate life and family and friends. how through a disease a person can change so much and how love can be found...and lost. the book also concentrates on the side characters that alsp play an important role in the book and to the main characters. enough with the analyzation just go read the book and get your minds blown away.
I fucking totally recommend this aeesome book.
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
4/5
A beautiful, sad story. And be filled up by sadness, joy, and lessons as well. But I preferred more emotions gathering at the end. I currently couldn't cry. But still, enjoyed it
A beautiful, sad story. And be filled up by sadness, joy, and lessons as well. But I preferred more emotions gathering at the end. I currently couldn't cry. But still, enjoyed it
I loved this book. It was great writing and I loved all of the allusions. But most of all, this story was highly personal and was one I related to quite intimately. Towards the end, I think I relived many memories that I have long stashed away. I did not fall in love so epically but it was nice to know that in this fiction, someone did. And for a moment, they weren't a grenade, as I once felt.
The best book about funny kids with cancer grappling with the absurdity of existence.
2nd John Green reread for 2021! Did this book hold up? Better than Will Grayson Will Grayson but still some questionable content. Did I still cry like a baby? Absolutely