The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.(less) (from goodreads.com).
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.(less) (from goodreads.com).
This was my first John Green novel and I have to say, I think I found myself a new favorite author. I love finding new authors. It's like finding treasure at the bottom of the ocean. You dig and dig, and then at last, you find something beautiful and rare and you want to hold onto it for dear life.
The Fault In Our Stars was sarcastic, tragic, and dazzling. Hazel and Augustus are rare, unrelenting characters that both steal your heart and make you ponder life's most precious moments.
I can finally see why John Green has won so many National Awards. The guy is talented in more ways then one. He's got this magical way of making words sound both poetic and scientific at the same time. I give this novel five stars and would recommend it to anyone, young, old, male, or female.
I will leave you with my favorite quote from the book. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you"(153).
Love, Brook
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