This isn't going to be the typical book review like I've written. This one is different, because this book is different. I told myself I wouldn't cry but damn it, when I hit page 246 it was all over for me....
Hazel and Augustus have cancer, which is sad enough in and of itself, but not when they are together. Separately, these characters live in their oblivion and inevitable death, but together, they sparkle. Try as they might, cancer beat them in the footrace of their lives...
Green's writing is STELLAR (and this is not a pun on his book title either) and truly flows. It's not only his style of writing, but the words he chooses, the characters he introduces as satellites around Hazel and Augustus, and the glimpses he gives to the readers about the life of these particular teens living with cancer. Green writes with wit and humor hand-in-hand with all seriousness. It's an oxymoron he creates with balance. I don't think I ever laughed out loud, but I did find an plethora of emotion...love, hate, anger, happiness, pain,bliss, to name a few...
Green even created a book-within-a-book so well, you'd have to do a Google search on the book referred to in The Fault in Our Stars to realize how many times people (including myself, I admit) did a search for it.
This is one truly talented author. One of the best books I've read bar none. Recommended for...well for anyone who wants to take on the "I dare you not to cry before finishing this book" dare. I can't WAIT to give it someone else RIGHT NOW!!!
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Now I am dreading getting to page 264.
Dread it in a literary good way : )
I was reading this book in a hotel room during a conference and was trying so hard not to sob and wake my roommate up!
(I just published a review of it as well)
-Tessa
Oh Naomi. I'm reading it right now. It is stellar.
I cannot wait to crack open this book. John Green is my favourite YA writer of all time. Such authentic characters and amazing believable dialogue!
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