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grav_ityOkay, so I totally wouldn't have read this book, except that I started following John Green on Twitter, and then I started watching his Crash Course World History videos, and then I decided that anyone that funny needs to be read, so I read the book, even though I knew that it was going to make me cry ridiculously hard.
The Fault in Our Stars is a Cancer Book. It is also kind of amazing. Hazel is just so ridiculously awesome, her parents are so shatteringly real, Augustus is absolutely heartbreaking, Isaac is possibly MORE heartbreaking, and Augustus's parents are kind of fantastic. It's difficult for me to really EXPLAIN any of that at all, but trust me when I say that every stereotype you can imagine is in this book, flipped on its head, shaken abruptly, and then set back on its feet.
There's also a meta-thing about stories and agency that I am totally not going to spoil for you. It's hard to describe why I liked this book without spoiling it for you, but let me just say that there are some ABSOLUTELY STUNNING conversations in this book, as well as a lot of heart-wrenching conversations, and possibly the best love letter ever written in the HISTORY OF TIME.
I have read five contemporary stories in the last few years (I actually went back and checked, and this is indeed #6). "TFiOS" is the most like "if i stay" in that it centres on a girl and her decisions about the nature of her life (this was also the case in "What I Saw And How I Lied", except the stakes in that book were a little different). I absolutely loved it. I'm not in a huge rush to read everything John Green has written (but if you like contemporary, I can tell you that everything I've heard his stuff is good), but he's certainly been added to my "if I ever go on a long vacation with an e-reader" list.
I will say, though, that if you read this book you need to be prepared to laugh and cry at the same time. I had hiccoughs for HOURS after I finished. It was worth it.
9/10 for making me laugh and cry, often at the same time, and for a girl who made choices, even when her choices sucked.
The Fault in Our Stars is a Cancer Book. It is also kind of amazing. Hazel is just so ridiculously awesome, her parents are so shatteringly real, Augustus is absolutely heartbreaking, Isaac is possibly MORE heartbreaking, and Augustus's parents are kind of fantastic. It's difficult for me to really EXPLAIN any of that at all, but trust me when I say that every stereotype you can imagine is in this book, flipped on its head, shaken abruptly, and then set back on its feet.
There's also a meta-thing about stories and agency that I am totally not going to spoil for you. It's hard to describe why I liked this book without spoiling it for you, but let me just say that there are some ABSOLUTELY STUNNING conversations in this book, as well as a lot of heart-wrenching conversations, and possibly the best love letter ever written in the HISTORY OF TIME.
I have read five contemporary stories in the last few years (I actually went back and checked, and this is indeed #6). "TFiOS" is the most like "if i stay" in that it centres on a girl and her decisions about the nature of her life (this was also the case in "What I Saw And How I Lied", except the stakes in that book were a little different). I absolutely loved it. I'm not in a huge rush to read everything John Green has written (but if you like contemporary, I can tell you that everything I've heard his stuff is good), but he's certainly been added to my "if I ever go on a long vacation with an e-reader" list.
I will say, though, that if you read this book you need to be prepared to laugh and cry at the same time. I had hiccoughs for HOURS after I finished. It was worth it.
9/10 for making me laugh and cry, often at the same time, and for a girl who made choices, even when her choices sucked.
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