The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
12:10 PM
Let me just start by saying that this is not a cancer book. It's a book about love between two teenagers struck by cancer. The difference is massively important in regards of this novel. It's also very funny, which doesn't usually go very well with cancer.
Most of the world has already read this book or seen the movie, but I decided to review it now anyway just because I still have some unfinished business with this book. I mean, the ending, really? Really, John Green? And it's not like he plans on writing a sequel. This whole bullsh*t is frustrating!
So basically, the story is about a girl, Hazel Grace Lancaster, who has an everlasting terminal cancer. She's on an experimental treatment that has been keeping her stable for a long time, so despite the cancer being terminal, she's perfectly alive. She meets Gus, short for Augustus Waters, in a cancer patient reunion, which he attends with a friend who currently has cancer. Spoiler alert: Gus is supposedly healed, but that's beside the point. Just like every love stories, they fall in love. That's what's important.However, Hazel forces Gus to read her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, which ends in the middle of a sentence. You can easily guess that John Green kind of predicted the end of The Fault In Our Stars with that one. Because yep, the book ends without an actual ending. We don't even know if Hazel lives!
But despite the frustration, Hazel and Gus have the most difficult, strong, and passionate love. Both young and untainted by past relationships, they ride the rollercoaster (hint hint!) of love and pain together, until the first one goes...
Gus' death was probably one of the hardest moments I've ever had to go through. When I watched the movie, I thought that the book would have bubblewrapped that scene a little, but nope. The tears were awful. (To be fair, I started crying at the opening credits, so you can't really trust my judgement on that one, It was rather pathetic.)
Whatever it is that you're looking for, this book is for you. Whether you like video games, travelling to Europe, or violence, this book is still for you, and I think it's the kind of book everyone should read at least once in their lives. It's absolutely worth the few hundred pages, and it's an incredible page turner.
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