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So, i read this book years ago, and let me explain why I’m rating this with five stars and it’s actually a very simple reason: it KINDA changed my life.
So, I was in junior high school I think or about to start (I’m not sure, it’s different here in Mexico) and this teacher was worry about his students because we didn’t read much, so he makes us read a book as our final project I think, it wasn’t even his class, he used to teach us History, but he didn’t care and reading a book was the last project, (yes I know, you probably see where I’m going but just hear me out for a secon), so the one I was reading was not really my hit and my friend bought TFIOS and she was loving it, we were like 12 or 13, she told me everything about it, and she liked it so much that my other 2 friends wanted to read it too so I was like “I also want to read it”, and i did want to but I’m gonna be honest here, I didn’t want to feel left out so yeah, she leaned it to me and literature and I had history, I already had tried to like it but failed so I wasn’t sure what was going to happen and this friend was like “you don’t like to read, you’re not gonna finish it” and I was like “shut up, you don’t know me” and I read it in THREE days, and yeah it’s probably not impressive but for me, it was, I couldn’t believe it, and I couldn’t believe that I totally loved it, I loved it so much I wanted to read more, I liked the community of readers, and I also liked the feeling of being the kind of person that reads, I know it sound dumb but I did, and it’s not like it was perfect, my relationship with books have had its ups and downs but that’s a whole other story, anyway, I loved it and my project went great and since then I discovered a part of me that I didnt know. Yes, maybe this book is not the greatest one in history, but it was very important to me, so yeah, for me, it deserves its five stars.
So, I was in junior high school I think or about to start (I’m not sure, it’s different here in Mexico) and this teacher was worry about his students because we didn’t read much, so he makes us read a book as our final project I think, it wasn’t even his class, he used to teach us History, but he didn’t care and reading a book was the last project, (yes I know, you probably see where I’m going but just hear me out for a secon), so the one I was reading was not really my hit and my friend bought TFIOS and she was loving it, we were like 12 or 13, she told me everything about it, and she liked it so much that my other 2 friends wanted to read it too so I was like “I also want to read it”, and i did want to but I’m gonna be honest here, I didn’t want to feel left out so yeah, she leaned it to me and literature and I had history, I already had tried to like it but failed so I wasn’t sure what was going to happen and this friend was like “you don’t like to read, you’re not gonna finish it” and I was like “shut up, you don’t know me” and I read it in THREE days, and yeah it’s probably not impressive but for me, it was, I couldn’t believe it, and I couldn’t believe that I totally loved it, I loved it so much I wanted to read more, I liked the community of readers, and I also liked the feeling of being the kind of person that reads, I know it sound dumb but I did, and it’s not like it was perfect, my relationship with books have had its ups and downs but that’s a whole other story, anyway, I loved it and my project went great and since then I discovered a part of me that I didnt know. Yes, maybe this book is not the greatest one in history, but it was very important to me, so yeah, for me, it deserves its five stars.
This was one of the first few contemporary books I read and I loved it!
The story revolves around two teenagers battling cancer. Hazel and Gus meet each other in a support group and end up falling for each other. From helping each other cope with their illness, to facing each other at their most vulnerable times and just being there for each other, they brave the world together.
This book brings out the emotions of young love beautifully. I absolutely loved the character of Augustus or Gus, a goofy, good looking and lovely boy with one leg. I fell in love with him at once and then all over again throughout the book. The character development of both Hazel and Gus varies from being kids battling cancer to two young lovers who enjoy the world as much as they can.
This is one book where there was not a scene I disliked. Everything was beautiful ♥️. The plot was heart-wrenching with emotions pouring out in every possible way. Every scene was realistic and showed the pain that cancer patients go through. I sobbed for a long time after I finished the book. It took me a while to get back to reality!
Would recommend it to everyone :)
P.S: Also one of the very few books whose movie adaptation was very good and did not spoil the book in any way.
The story revolves around two teenagers battling cancer. Hazel and Gus meet each other in a support group and end up falling for each other. From helping each other cope with their illness, to facing each other at their most vulnerable times and just being there for each other, they brave the world together.
This book brings out the emotions of young love beautifully. I absolutely loved the character of Augustus or Gus, a goofy, good looking and lovely boy with one leg. I fell in love with him at once and then all over again throughout the book. The character development of both Hazel and Gus varies from being kids battling cancer to two young lovers who enjoy the world as much as they can.
This is one book where there was not a scene I disliked. Everything was beautiful ♥️. The plot was heart-wrenching with emotions pouring out in every possible way. Every scene was realistic and showed the pain that cancer patients go through. I sobbed for a long time after I finished the book. It took me a while to get back to reality!
Would recommend it to everyone :)
P.S: Also one of the very few books whose movie adaptation was very good and did not spoil the book in any way.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness
Moderate: Medical content, Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Vomit
Beautiful book, if you want to read a book with sad moments , romance almost no spice and a cancer disease topic this is your book.
This is John Green’s first novel told from a female perspective and done so quite successfully, in my opinion. Despite being about kids who have cancer, this book is not one of those melodramatic cancer-fighting-child-hero books. It is understated and sweet and personal. It’s funny. Although Hazel facetiously refers to herself as a professional cancer patient, the disease takes a backseat to her personality, her fears, and her desires. And then there’s Augustus Waters and Peter Van Houten and Amsterdam.
Augustus uses his Cancer Wish take Hazel on a trip to Amsterdam in search of Peter Van Houten, the author of An Imperial Affliction: Hazel’s favorite, but ambiguously concluded novel. It strikes me as sad that someone like Hazel has become fixated on a story that, for her, has ended too soon, when the threat of her own premature end has hung over her head for all the years of her illness. Growing up in hospitals and support groups will have introduced her to other cancer kids who didn’t make it and their mourning parents. Hazel’s entire world is built of stories ended too soon. It’s like her quest to find out what happens after the last page of the book is actually a quest for reassurance that stories don’t really end.
The characters are lovely, the writing is of high quality, and the story moves forward consistently. I felt connected to the characters and their lives as I read.
Augustus uses his Cancer Wish take Hazel on a trip to Amsterdam in search of Peter Van Houten, the author of An Imperial Affliction: Hazel’s favorite, but ambiguously concluded novel. It strikes me as sad that someone like Hazel has become fixated on a story that, for her, has ended too soon, when the threat of her own premature end has hung over her head for all the years of her illness. Growing up in hospitals and support groups will have introduced her to other cancer kids who didn’t make it and their mourning parents. Hazel’s entire world is built of stories ended too soon. It’s like her quest to find out what happens after the last page of the book is actually a quest for reassurance that stories don’t really end.
The characters are lovely, the writing is of high quality, and the story moves forward consistently. I felt connected to the characters and their lives as I read.
I enjoyed this book. Had some great quotes and life philosophies, in my opinion. Beautiful love story thrown in which displays the most raw form of true human love. I think overall I was expecting more from it, but it was still a lovely book.
I cried in my room at 1:30 AM when I finished this wonderful, heart wrenching, sob inducing novel.