The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

Now a Major Motion Picture
TODAY Book Club pick
TIME magazine’s #1 Fiction Book of 2012

"The greatest romance story of this decade." 
Entertainment Weekly

-Millions of copies sold-
 
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

Reviewed by Jyc on

4 of 5 stars

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★★★★ // If I am to read this now, I realize that I probably would not have felt as strongly about it as when I first read it in high school. But then I read this book in high school, and it is a period in my life where I am in search of a contemporary perspective in the young adult life. Yes, there are 'better' books out there—classics, probably—but this one still remains to be an especially amazing love story and a story about two individuals dealing with life even with their numbered days. It is one of the contemporary books that helped me deal with my fear of death, which then eventually led me to be more open with the fact that all this will come to end. It made me think if we as human beings really leave a mark in this world, and whether we will be remembered come the end of our lives. It's an intimate reading experience, and one that I will cherish for a long, long time. I unabashedly consider this the book of my teenage life.

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