The Fault in Our Stars

'The Fault in Our Stars', by John Green, is about terminal cancer sufferer Hazel who falls in love with cancer survivor, Augustus at a cancer support group meeting. Hazel is afraid to let anyone love her because she thinks of herself as a grenade that is about to go off and will hurt anyone that is close to her. But when her support group friend Isaac brings his best fried Augustus along to the meeting she can't help but notice him. In the novel she says, "I fell in love like you fall asleep. Slowly and then all at once". Augustus teaches Hazel to be brave enough to leave your mark on the world and to live every day to the fullest. Augustus also allows Hazel to act like a teenager, something that she has never been very good at with her illness.

The thing I love about this novel is that it in no way romanticizes cancer. It's not one of those books that's like, "I have cancer but it's okay I am an upbeat happy person anyway. Yay!" 'The Fault in Our Stars' shows the nitty gritty side of cancer. The ugly stuff that authors avoid. It shows what cancer victims have to deal with on a day to day basis and how hard they really struggle. I also love that even dealing with this pure hell, they still find times to laugh and love. Hazel and Augusts have seriously funny sense of humors. And they are brilliant- mostly discussing books, poems, philosophy, and mortality. I absolutely love the language and the style of writing in this book. It may be sad but it is also funny, witty, romantic, heart wrenching goodness. And of course, like all good books are, it is being turned into a movie. And yes, I am excited for that as well.