4. The Fault in Our Stars | John Green

Completed: 15 January 2012

Summary: Hazel is a cancer-ridden girl who has been bought some time by Phalanxifor, a cancer-shrinking drug. Forced to go to a youth support group by her mother to “live her life”, Hazel runs into someone new— and hot. Would this new guy, Augustus Waters, be the one to leave a mark on Hazel’s life? 

Quote: “‘Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,’ he said. ‘Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,’ I said.”

Review: There isn’t really much I can say about this book. Okay, well, that’s a lie. I can spew for hours about this book, but you don’t want to read all of that. So I’ll try to sum it up as best I can. This book is heartbreakingly beautiful. I didn’t receive my copy from Amazon until last night (the 14th), and my best friend was spending the night so I couldn’t read it then. So I was forced to wait until today to start it. Once I did, I couldn’t put it down. I finished it within hours. I have to say that this book came into my life at both the best and worst possible moment, with my grandfather on the final descent from his four year battle with cancer (or, I suppose, battle with himself). But it says something of a book to make you laugh wholeheartedly in a time like this. It also says something of a book to both take you away from your harsh reality and yet force you to face it. And lastly, it says something of a book to make you laugh while sobbing. Now, I may show the slightest bias, because ever since I read Looking for Alaska, John Green has been Number One on my Favorite Author List, which is a very big testament toward him, considering I read incessantly. 

Note to Author: Now, John Green, though I doubt you’ll ever read this, especially since you’re on tour, (I get to meet you in less than a week!!!) I need to thank you, wholeheartedly, for this masterpiece that you’ve written. I really could never begin to tell you the amount that this book has affected me, my life, and my outlook on life. Your words have inspired me beyond imagination, and they will continue to help me through this sort of shitty time of my life. I thank you so much, John. I can’t wait to meet you (and Hank) in person to tell you both how much you have changed my life for the better. 

Rating: ★★★★★

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