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A review by marscandy37
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5.0
When I first started reading this book I was skeptical. I tend not to like books with too much hype because they never live to that standard and I'm usually disappointed. I'm glad that the The Fault in our Stars was the exception. This book is beautiful. It tells the story of a cancer patient living as a cancer patient. Her struggle to find meaning withing her diagnosis, and an identity aside from it.
I loved Hazel Grace, I like that's she's not perfect. I love that she's still rebellious and that she still has teenage angst. I love that she's hormonal. I love that John Green didn't make it seem like having cancer made you into a martyr who behaved properly and were the paragon of virtue, and was kind to everyone and everything. It made her struggle much more relatable because it's the way I would have acted too.
I love Gus, because really who wouldn't. The guy is just lovable from the very first second you see his name on the page. His downward spiral made me breakdown in tears and his last note brought it all back when I thought I had recovered. I read through the tears and sometimes I stopped and re-read a particularly beautiful sentence and cried even harder.
I even liked Van Houten in all his alcoholicness. He wasn't so much evil as intensely flawed and you saw the difference between him and Hazel's parents, and even those of Agustus and realize that everyone reacts differently to pain. Van Houten channeled his pain towards something destructive.
I like the fact that, just like in the fictional novel showcased in the book, the ending to The Fault in our Stars is left somewhat opened. You get to make your own assumptions as to what fate befalls Hazel. Did she receive another miracle like with the Phalanxifor and her cancer went into remission or did she died some time later? You kind of get the feeling she passed but since John Green didn't specify I would simply like to pretend she was miraculously cured.
This was a great, and beautiful book. It taught me that I have a lot to be thankful for and made me aware of many things I hadn't been aware of. If you're thinking of reading this book do yourself a favor and do. It's worth it.
I loved Hazel Grace, I like that's she's not perfect. I love that she's still rebellious and that she still has teenage angst. I love that she's hormonal. I love that John Green didn't make it seem like having cancer made you into a martyr who behaved properly and were the paragon of virtue, and was kind to everyone and everything. It made her struggle much more relatable because it's the way I would have acted too.
I love Gus, because really who wouldn't. The guy is just lovable from the very first second you see his name on the page. His downward spiral made me breakdown in tears and his last note brought it all back when I thought I had recovered. I read through the tears and sometimes I stopped and re-read a particularly beautiful sentence and cried even harder.
I even liked Van Houten in all his alcoholicness. He wasn't so much evil as intensely flawed and you saw the difference between him and Hazel's parents, and even those of Agustus and realize that everyone reacts differently to pain. Van Houten channeled his pain towards something destructive.
I like the fact that, just like in the fictional novel showcased in the book, the ending to The Fault in our Stars is left somewhat opened. You get to make your own assumptions as to what fate befalls Hazel. Did she receive another miracle like with the Phalanxifor and her cancer went into remission or did she died some time later? You kind of get the feeling she passed but since John Green didn't specify I would simply like to pretend she was miraculously cured.
This was a great, and beautiful book. It taught me that I have a lot to be thankful for and made me aware of many things I hadn't been aware of. If you're thinking of reading this book do yourself a favor and do. It's worth it.