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The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green (Goodreads Author)

4.32 · Rating Details · 1,916,281 Ratings · 131,406 Reviews

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars ...more

Hardcover, 313 pages

Published January 10th 2012 by Dutton Books

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Jul 17, 2014 Ayesha rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Popular Goodreads public

Recommended to Ayesha by: Popular Goodreads public

Shelves: contemporary, undeserved-hype, annoying-characters, books-i-would-love-to-burn, disappointing-books, i-loathe-this, scatterbrained-protagonists, pretentious-books-and-characters, awfully-boring-plot, turned-my-neurons-to-jelly, not-my-cup-of-tea, are-you-fucking-kidding-me, hello-mary-sue, greatest-fictional-jerks-ever, wasted-my-precious-time, had-colossal-hopes, donno-what-is-so-appealing, needs-a-freaking-editor, i-m-gonna-let-you-burn-burn-burn, cringe-worthy, stinking-cowshit

Update (25/06/2014)-
Since I've been receiving a lot of cyber bullies and hate messages, I’m going to clarify few things.

-Firstly, this is a negative review of the book and it has got a lot of potential to infuriate the fans. If you think that your opinion is the only opinion that exists on earth and that no one should dislike your favourite book, then I would suggest you to avoid this review.

-Secondly, This is my review and I have the freedom to analyse and criticise this book as I wish to wit ...more

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Jan 13, 2014 Madeline rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kids-and-young-adult

At age twenty-two, John Green worked as a student chaplain in a children's hospital.

Let's take a moment and consider all the implications of that, and why he is making a colossal understatement when he described the experience as "devastating." That was about twelve years ago, and Green has said in interviews that because of this experience, he's spent twelve years trying to write a book about kids with cancer - not poster children of strength and courage and illness-granted wisdom, but real ki ...more

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Apr 13, 2014 April*procrastinator and proud* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: best-endings, books-i-can-t-live-without, best-male-leads, favorites, books-i-own, re-readable-books, awesomesauce-heroines, heart-warming-books, best-characters, book-to-movies, character-growth, so-much-more-than-just-a-book, favorite-authors, the-fault-in-our-stars, best-of-2012, i-cried-hard, beautiful, life-and-death, tragedy, signed, raw-emotions, i-don-t-need-sleep-anyways, fangirling

This is me after I finished the book (and whenever I think about it).
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*pointless EDIT* Woooah! 1000+ likes!? I'm surprised how many people are willing to read my little blurb of nothingness!

*EDIT* In a lot of peoples reviews I keep seeing "they don't talk their age!" or "They make these beautiful long speeches which is something that normal teenagers don't do" and I have to point out that Augustus and Hazel AREN'T normal teenagers. They've had to go through so much more in their lifetime than a lot of teenagers will ever have to, and its aged them. And quite honestly, this book wouldn't be as good if they were "normal" (whatever that means)
*sighs* okay I'm done, proceed with reading. If you want to, I'm just tiny words on a screen. Do whatever you want.

As much of an amazing writer as I want to be.... I'm really not. So I'll just point out the things that made this book amazing. ;)
I knew that I would cry so I really didn't bother swearing not to cry. What I didn't expect is bawling my eyes out. I really didn't. John Green has done an amazing job of making these characters feel so real to me. When they cried, I cried (bawled). When they laughed, I laughed. When they melted, I melted. Their romance was so epic and I know, I KNOW, that this is a book I will read over and over again and cry every single time.

The characters were perfection! Especially Augustus Waters. Not only is his name Augustus (which is epic in itself) He had the guts to go up to Hazel and just straight up ask her to come hang out with him. Nice guys finish last? I think not.

You know this book was so awesmazing that I gave it its own tag. Just look up there and you'll see a little tag that says "the-fault-in-our-stars". It was THAT amazing. Seriously. So amazing that I'm pretty sure it was my first heartbreak... from a book. I really haven't felt that much from a book, much less a person, in a very long time. (I'm kind of a loner and a commitment phob... not a good mix) But my heart didn't just do this 3, it did this » *BOOM!* (didn't have a sign for that)

I wish I could write more about this book, but I just can't explain the amazingness of it with my simple, unworthy words, so I am going to tell you what you NEED to do....
READ IT ...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Erika rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: best-of-heroes, ladies-of-quality, contemporary, young-adult, special-collections, favorites, romance, the-magnificents

John Green.

John Green.

John Green.

You're not like Peter Van Houten, are you?

What have you done to my brain...

and my heart...

I'm not gonna review how exquisite John Green can write, or how he can create characters as special as Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters, or how amazing he can tell a story. Despite the huge number of ratings and the spectacular average rating, this book is not perfect. You might find it unrealistic, because if there are many of us who see the life and its complexity like Haze ...more

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Aug 20, 2013 Laurel rated it did not like it

Shelves: ya, sigh, contemporary, meh, fiction, wish-it-were-better, awkward-protag-voice, judging, what-are-you-doing

1.5 stars.

EDIT: Changed the rating because it's gotten to the point where my sister and I have inside jokes on how stupid and shallow this book is. I can't think about this book without getting angry.

I have a history with pretentious people.
My biggest mess involved two boys in particular who were so incredibly full of themselves that for the first time in my life, I openly expressed my dislike to them. They know that I couldn’t care less about their “hotness” or just how amazing they were. So go ...more

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Dec 04, 2013 Tatiana rated it liked it

Recommends it for: fans of cancer stories and everything John Green writes

Shelves: ya, why-the-hype, ala-ya-2013, 2012

As seen on The Readventurer

The Fault in Our Stars currently has a rating of 4.74 on Goodreads, almost everyone I know has given it 5 stars, therefore I'm certain no one would want to read my sour musings, except me and maybe a couple of other like-minded and unimpressed.

What I'd love to know is this - what makes a writer undertake the topic of cancer? So much has already been written about it, so many Lifetime movies filmed, so many tears shed. It literally has been done to death. What new did J ...more

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Dec 04, 2013 Sophia. rated it liked it

Shelves: heart-breaking, medical-places, depression, teary, awesome-parent, beautiful-ending, deja-vu, death, eye-rolls-and-frowning, pretentious-writing, unconvincing-romance

EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL.

You will cry, because this is VERY sad.

So a discussion occurred in my head after I rated the book.

(view spoiler) ...more

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Nov 22, 2014 Emily May rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-adult, 2013, contemporary

It seems silly that I have to say this, but I've seen many a negative review of this book met with backlash from John's nerdfighter fans, so I want to make one thing clear: I like John Green. You'll find plenty who worship him as a god amongst men and many who are highly critical of him, I fall into neither of these categories but I do like him and I enjoy watching his videos. I find him funny and I agree with a lot of what he stands for; I also appreciate the amount of charity work he does and ...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Rhi rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya-you-have-my-heart, 2012, books-that-made-me-cry, 2-stars

I must be clear from the beginning. This is perhaps the most personal review I have written. My choice of stars was difficult for this. I am a self confessed John Green fan, I believe he is amongst the best of, not only YA, but fiction writers out there in general.
This is a beautifully written book. There is very little to complain about in terms of style, plot, character, etc. However I couldn't, in all good conscience, give this any higher because it sits so badly with me. I have let this nov ...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Richa rated it it was amazing

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I HATE this book. Absolutely hate it. Not just from the bottom of my heart (which would literally mean my ventricles, and so, no) but with my whole heart. I hate it, hate it, hate it.

I hate the fact that it made me laugh, so hard!
I hate the fact that it made me smile, so much!
I hate the fact that it made me chuckle, so profusely!

I hate the fact that it gifted me with so much Laughter, Smiles and Chuckles when I was expecting to come face to face with tragedy at any moment....it changed my expec ...more

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Dec 04, 2013 Veronica Roth added it

Fantastic.

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Feb 13, 2016 Destini Mia~ ♕ Sassy Lassie rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: EVERYONE

Shelves: favorites

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves.

This is the first time I’ve truly been at a loss for words. What am I supposed to say? How can I do this book justice? Maybe tell you all that it was perfect? The best, most heartbreaking, hilarious book that has touched me like none other? Sure. I mean, it's been said countless times, in countless reviews, and you know what? They are absolutely, a hundred and fifty percent true.

Hazel's days are numbered thanks to her crap lungs. S ...more

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May 20, 2013 Steve rated it really liked it

Venn you vish upon a star...

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Mar 08, 2015 shady boots added it

Hang on a sec.

I'm gonna leave the rating blank now, cause I feel like I wouldn't have given this book five stars had I read it today. Yeah, it definitely impacted me once upon a time, but now... I've read so many unbelievably emotional books that this one just seems to, quite frankly, fade into the background. I've read a handful of eye-opening reviews and analyses that have made me see this book in a new light. A dimmer light, sadly.

Sorry to disappoint the people who liked my former review, whe ...more

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Dec 30, 2014 Nataliya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-also-saw-the-film, 2013-reads

So, book, you decided not to play fair, huh? You used Tearjerking 101, huh? You armed yourself with adorably precocious teenage characters delivering insanely quotable lines while dying from cancer, huh?

Well, guess what - "I'm not cryyyyying! It's just been raining on my face..."

And so my hard-won cool image of a cold-hearted cynic has been saved by this line, courtesy of New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo:

Seriously, book, you know that m
So, book, you decided not to play fair, huh? You used Tearjerking 101, huh? You armed yourself with adorably precocious teenage characters delivering insanely quotable lines while dying from cancer, huh?

Well, guess what - "I'm not cryyyyying! It's just been raining on my face..."

And so my hard-won cool image of a cold-hearted cynic has been saved by this line, courtesy of New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo:

Seriously, book, you know that most heartstrings cannot resist being tugged on in this fashion, especially when you are using kids who are off the charts on the precocious cuteness scale with all their precocious irony, precocious sarcasm, precocious world-weariness and precocious vocabulary.

Are you tired of reading the word 'precocious' yet? Too bad, since adorable and fragile precociousness is at the 'literal heart' of this book. That's what alienated some readers - but I'm a sucker for precociousness in literature; guilty, your Honor!

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Like with any literature, what you get out of this book varies based on how you choose to interpret it.

You can see it as a shameless use of a serious medical condition in children in order to make money and get recognition (because it's kids dying from cancer, c'mon!)

Cancer in kids has been used as a tearjerker before. Google 'TV tropes Littlest Cancer Patient', please. Here, I will save you the trouble.

You can see it as a cutesy young adult love story. You can see it as a collection of quotable lines clearly put into the speech of teens by the middle-aged author. You can see it as yet another coming-of-age novel (there's even a requisite trip/adventure in there, really). You can even see it as a book trying really hard to NOT be a stereotypical 'cancer book' - to the point where characters are stating so at length.

And you know what? All these are to some extent true.

But what I got out of it, what made me tear up a bit was the motif of fragility of life as seen by the children who have a limited supply of that life, basically a limited 'infinity'. Reading it, I got a few flashbacks to Pediatric Oncology - the time in medical school when I realized that I'm not strong enough to be a pediatrician and see kids suffer and die.

Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters are the two children with cancer. She has terminal thyroid cancer and is tethered to an oxygen tank; he falls victim to metastatic osteosarcoma (before you scream 'Spoiler!' in outrage, I sincerely ask you - how could you not have seen it coming?) They introduce themselves in their cancer support group by stating their diagnoses - and my heart breaks a little at the thought of children learning to define themselves by their disease. Even their favorite book is the cancer book.

But no, "I'm not cryyyying...."

This is not a perfect book. It relies a little too heavily on tearjerking. Frequently, it gets to be a bit too full of itself, occasionally cringeworthy - sometimes to eye-rolling extent. But with the quotability factor and the smart precociousness still comes the real sadness and cuteness and feeling that clawed its way into my heart and made me love it despite the imperfections. Maybe I liked it because of associations and memories it brought with it rather than for its own merits - but hey, the emotions will stay with me for a while, whatever the reason for them may be.

I think this book would have a huge appeal to teenagers, its intended audience. The characters are relatable, they are intelligent, and the male lead manages to transform from 'oh, rly, jerk?' to a considerate and lovely young man. The parents are present in the lives of both teens and are portrayed in a very sympathetic light; definitely no 'absent parent syndrome' here! Plus, it has a healthy portrayal of teenage sexuality, unlike what we frequently see in young adult literature.

So great book? No. But I easily give it 3.75 stars and therefore rounding up to 4 stars (Is the fault in them? Go figure.)

“The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with. It felt like losing your co-rememberer meant losing the memory itself, as if the things we'd done were less real and important than they had been hours before.”

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Apr 29, 2013 Rosalinda *KRASNORADA* rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: EVERYONE

Recommended to Rosalinda *KRASNORADA* by: My crazy GR friends!

Shelves: favorites, best-book-ever, made-me-cry, perfect-hero-and-heroine, i-need-more-stars, intelligent-heroine, loved-loved-loved-it, amazing-writing-style, next-book-i-m-reading, best-ya-book-ever, next-up

FIVE OKAY & INFINITE STARS

OKAY?
OKAY

There are almost 33000 reviews of this book. Why do I try to write one? I just don’t know but I do know that I have to let you know my thoughts about this AWESOME book.

I love YA. Even if I take YA holidays sometimes and stop reading it I can’t deny it’s one of my fave genres. This book and Forbidden are probably my favourite YA books and right now I cannot decide which one is my absolute favourite.

I knew about this book, I knew how it ended and I though ...more

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Jan 05, 2015 Barry Pierce rated it did not like it

Shelves: 21st-century, read-in-2012

I feel so sorry for these privileged, middle-class, white teenagers.

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Apr 15, 2012 Jaci rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites, love-stories, funny, sad, must-reads, different, fast-reads

Holy holy holy I waited so long for this novel, so long. I wish so bad I could give it more than 5 stars. John Green is absolutely amazing, amazing, amazing. The Fault in Our Stars had me laughing and crying, then laughing more and crying more. I will reread this over and over again, just like the rest of his novels. Oh wow, was it ever worth the wait. Thank you, John Green, for being so damn spectacular.

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Dec 23, 2014 Lola Reviewer rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Well, of course, everyone.

Recommended to Lola by: So many people, it's crazy.

Shelves: favorites, cute, beautiful, young-adult, friendship, contemporary, family, sad, best-couples, death, 1st-person-pov

I’m just going to sit here, write my review and pretend there aren’t already 100 179 reviews for The Fault in Our Stars posted on this incredible community.

Let’s start, shall we?

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First of all, I didn’t cry. I know many of you did, and I can understand why, I really can. But, the thing is… this book has a balanced atmosphere. It’s both sad and full of life. During my reading, I concentrated on the joyful parts and the humour. Maybe that’s why I didn’t feel crushed by the ‘cancer’ part.

The number ...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-books, favorites, books-of-summer-12, addicting-as-crack, young-adult, made-me-cry, romance-done-correctly, romance, realistic-fiction, yes-yes-yes, so-many-emotions

Well...

I think that about covers it. You can all go home now. Bye.

...

But, seriously. I got more wrapped up in this book than I thought I would. Even though there was so much hype surrounding it, and John Green is a cool dude and all that ... for some reason, I put off reading this for a long time. I think it's because I tend to hate "illness" books. A lot of the time they tend to be overly corny and melodramatic and whatnot. And even the best of them ... well, from the very beginning you pretty ...more

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Jul 13, 2013 Stacy rated it did not like it

Shelves: library-book, read-in-2012

I had never read a John Green novel prior to reading this one. I wanted very much to like it and felt certain after reading some of the overwhelmingly positive reviews here that it would be an awesome and heartbreaking experience. I was ready and excited. I guess I could sum the experience up best by stating that it is unlikely I will read another book by this author, and if I do it will be sometime in the future when I forget how utterly disappointing I found this book to be.

I had a lot of prob I had never read a John Green novel prior to reading this one. I wanted very much to like it and felt certain after reading some of the overwhelmingly positive reviews here that it would be an awesome and heartbreaking experience. I was ready and excited. I guess I could sum the experience up best by stating that it is unlikely I will read another book by this author, and if I do it will be sometime in the future when I forget how utterly disappointing I found this book to be.

I had a lot of problems with this book. Overall, it felt very insincere and I was constantly distracted by how obviously everything was written with the goal of tugging on the reader's heart strings, rather than just letting things happen that were beautiful in spite of being sad. It felt like Mr. Green was screaming at me from the page 'ARE YOU SAD YET? YOU'RE SAD RIGHT? THIS IS SAD. YOU SHOULD FEEL ALL THE THINGS AND CRY ABOUT IT. I'M A GOOD WRITER. I WRITE FEELINGS. ARE YOU CRYING YET?' For a story about Human Beings, it doesn't feel very human at all. Instead everything feels very unnatural and self-conscious in the worst way.

The biggest and most impossible thing for me to get around was I simply didn't believe the character of Augustus or his relationship with main character Hazel. As these concepts are basically what the entire story hinges upon, I didn't believe in or care about anything else that happened either. Augustus came off completely pretentious and obnoxious, particularly in the way he insisted on speaking in a Diablo Cody nerd hipster sort of dialect that no one would ever use in the real world. (Some commenters here have said it's the way Mr. Green himself talks which, a.) way to be self-congratulatory, and b.) how does he not get punched in the face, like, ALL THE TIME?) His entire character felt contrived and I never once felt a connection with him. Too often it seemed like he was walking around like I AM SO CLEVER LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME, constantly putting on a show so that nothing from him felt genuine or real. His whole fascination with ultimately meaningless metaphors felt condescending, like Mr. Green constantly squealing HEY GUYS, SEE WHAT I DID THERE? TAKE A SECOND, WRITE IT DOWN IF YOU NEED TO. YEAH, I'M DEEP. Augustus' one fault was sickness, but it was nothing that he could control. And that's just so... boring.

But it wasn't just Augustus. The character of Hazel was somewhat likable, (despite Mr. Green's insistance on making her 'sound like a teenager' by formating every other statement she makes like it's a question? and tacking distracting 'or whatever's onto the end of random bits of dialogue BECAUSE THIS IS HOW TEENAGERS TALK RIGHT? I CAN TALK LIKE A TEENAGER, SEE? BECAUSE THEY SAY 'WHATEVER'. I'M A GOOD WRITER. ARE YOU FEELING THINGS YET?) but her relationship with Augustus felt completely and totally forced. There was never any real reason for them to fall in love with one another, and that is crossing dangerously close into Twilight territory. He was so convienient, so effortless for Hazel. I had to wonder, was it him or was it because he was there and ready and willing? It all fell flat and left so many places to take the stories and facets of their characters completely unexplored. Any opportunities to delve into hard questions and real answers were left untaken and exchanged for large passages (mainly in the **SPOLIER ALERT**: Amsterdam trip scenes) that had very little purpose outside of screaming LOOK AT THIS HANDSOME CHARMING BOY ISN'T HE SWEET LADIES? HE WILL PULL YOUR CHAIR OUT FOR YOU AND HE TALKS LIKE I DO. IT'S CHARMING, RIGHT? YOU ARE FEELING CHARMED. I'M A GOOD WRITER.

Ultimately, it felt completely fake. I couldn't get lost in it, always fully aware of the fact that I was reading fiction and how irritating EVERYTHING about it was. I finished it, which is the only reason I gave it 2 stars, but it was a true task. Truthfully, it pissed me off. I would have loved to love this book as much as everyone else and have a new favorite to hold dear to my heart. Now I'm just confused. Was my copy broken? ...more

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Oct 03, 2013 Christine The Dark Romance Junkie *Wallflower Addict* rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, young-adult, it-hurts-in-my-heart, give-this-author-a-bells

Let me start with how I feel
My heart hurts. It bleeds, it cries. This book made me feel. How to articulate and not post a bunch of nonsensical babble.
Did I enjoy reading this book?
No.
Did this book make an everlasting impression on me, in a good way?
Yes.
Would I read it again?
Well, yes. I'm a masochist.
Who should read this book?
Everyone.
What did this book teach me?
That life isn't fair, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't live it to the best of you ability. And a whole lot more, but I think you ...more

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Dec 28, 2014 AriaStuckinWonderland rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, stand-alone, damn-that-made-me-cry, young-adult, book-boyfriend-lover-husband, real-life-issues, read-in-2012

But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”

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Some books will make you laugh so hard your stomach will hurt.
Some books will make you so mad that you’d want to throw the book out the window or burn it in fury.
Some books will leave you asking for more because it ended with a cliffhanger.
Some books will leave you questioning why it ended the way it ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Meg ♥ rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-books, favs, z-2012-reads, own-copy, signed

Hazel is a 16 year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer, and has been living with an oxygen tank since she was first diagnosed at 12. She realizes she is going to die, but she is on a drug that is keeping the tumors at bay. At a support group meeting she meets hottie Augustus Waters, who is in remission. They immediately hit it off and change each others lives drastically.

The Fault in Our Stars is another beautifully written book by John Green. A few months ago John made a video on his youtube
Hazel is a 16 year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer, and has been living with an oxygen tank since she was first diagnosed at 12. She realizes she is going to die, but she is on a drug that is keeping the tumors at bay. At a support group meeting she meets hottie Augustus Waters, who is in remission. They immediately hit it off and change each others lives drastically.

The Fault in Our Stars is another beautifully written book by John Green. A few months ago John made a video on his youtube channel, and in this video he read the first two chapter of this book. I was hooked instantly. I wanted to know everything there was to know about Hazel and Augustus. I'm not going to say that this was the most original cancer book out there, but it felt more personal.

Let's start with the characters. John Green wrote the same exact character over and over again in his previous books. This is one complaint I've always had, but you won't find that here. Hazel is no Alaska Young, she is no Margot. She's just Hazel, and she's lovely. Same with Augustus. He's unlike all of John Greens male characters, and I adore him.

There is simply one complaint I have about this book. John needs to make his 17 year old characters sound more like 17 year old teens than 35 year old men. Most of the dialog in this book and sweet and enjoyable, but then the characters come out with these crazy words and there are other ways to show your characters are intelligent people without always making them spout out these weird, random words. In all honesty it's a bit annoying, but it doesn't bother me too much, because I understand that his younger readers will build a much better vocabulary if they pay attention. Also, his book is full of quotable lines as you can clearly see from everyone else's reviews.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. John is a phenomenal writer. He's great at building suspense when needed, and also at hitting you in the gut with a healthy dose of raw emotion. Almost everyone I know who has read this book cried. At least a little. He also throws in lots of humor which is usually appreciated to break up sad moments.

As far as John writing a female voice for the first time, I thought he did a good job. This book wasn't life-changing for me, but I easily could see how others could be affected by this book in an astounding way. It tackles cancer, death, loss of sight, loss of loved ones, love, thoughts of the afterlife and shows vividly from one girls perspective what it may feel like to know you are dying. This book may not suit everyone, but if you don't have issues reading about those things I would recommend this book to you. It was quite depressing at times, but I'm sure you would know that just by reading the synopsis.

4.5/5 Stars ...more

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Jan 22, 2012 karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: why-yes-i-ya

you have a choice in this world, i believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice.

john green, like his characters, always makes the funny choice. and readers, like "women" are really just looking for a sense of humor. and the sense of humor goes a long way towards pardoning other sins. because come on, john green - your characters are so unlikely. ordinarily, i would squirm at such clever,verbose,insightful, literary-reference-dropping teenagers. but they are so funny and c ...more

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Jul 05, 2014 Akanksha❤ Søren♰ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite

For people who haven't read this book yet...
• Read the book first so you love the movie and connect more

•But always remember, Nothing ever lives up to an amazing book.'

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Just a few weeks for the movie!!! :D :D :D :D
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I wish they cast him, he's so pretty!!!

And they've taken Shailene Woodley for Hazel Grace!

QUOTE IMAGES!!!!!

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So here I lay, after reading this book with swollen eyes, a runny nose, a wet puffy face and a whole lot of heart ache and a head ache too.

This book was beautiful. I have no ...more

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Feb 29, 2016 Mohammed Arabey rated it really liked it

روايتين في كتاب واحد..بنهاية ملائمة,مشاعر واقعية,عارية وجميلة!! ومبالغ في تقييمها

لا اعرف كيف ارتب افكاري حول الروايه ,أو ما أكتبه عنها,فماذا أقول بعد كل ماقيل
ولكن أستوقفني جمله علي لسان "أوجستس" ولعلها -دائما- تعبر عني عند كتابه الريفيو
"Okay, maybe I’m not such a shitty writer. But I can’t pull my ideas together,

My Thoughts are stars,I can't fathom into Constellations"

ولنبدأ بانطباعي الأول اثناء القراءه

دعوت الله الصبر والتحمل وتخفيف المعاناه والالم لكل المرضي,وسرعة شفائهم, وحمدت الله علي نعمه الصحه

لا أود الخوض في حكمه المرض بالاخص في عمر ابطال الروايه او اصغر وحكمه الابتلاء,ربما لا أكون مستوعبا جيدا للامور الدينيه, فبالرغم من شعوري بحال البطله في الاحداث الا اني استأت كثيرا من اسلوبها في بعض الاحيان عند التحدث علي ظلم الحياه ولكني مازلت اتفهم بعض الشئ ان امرا كهذا يخرج أسوأ مافيك في كثير من الاحيان
ولكني تمنيت في النهايه ان يحدث اضافه صغيره لهذه الملاحظه,هذه الملاحظه التي دارت حولها هازل باكثر من طريقه خاطئه حتي عرفت تلك الحقيقه..التي كما قلت اتمني ان كان يحدث فيها تغييرا طفيفا,فتكون اقوي , فقد جاء علي لسان البطله الجزء التالي
I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt that I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay....
كنت أفكر في أن الكون يريد ان نلاحظه ونشعر به,وانه يجب عليّ أن اتأمله بكل جهدي واستطاعتي, شعرت انني مُدينه للكون وفقط بانتباهي له وتأمله استطيع رد هذا الدين.."

I wished the author would add "The Creator of the Universe" wants to be noticed, with pray,or even just proper notice , not in a lame way or anything,I know many may think it'd be "direct speech" BUT I believe John Green isn't shitty writer to do that, So,He could do it better..If he wanted to.
هذا هو ماتوقفت فيه واعجبني بل ورفع تقييمي ان هازل في النهاية شعرت بهذا الجزء..انها مدينه للعالم ولرد هذا الدين يجب ان تتامله وتنتبه له..واعتقد ان جون جرين لكان موفقا اكثر اذا ما ذكر شيئا عن خالق هذا الكون والدعاء له..أعلم انه قد يري في هذا "خطاب مباشر" ولكني اعلم ان المؤلف ليس بكاتب سئ كي يقع في هذا الخطأ وكان يمكنه ان يعمق الفكرة بدون الوقوع في خطأ الخطاب المباشر
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ولكن لنرجع للأحـــداث
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هازل جريس فتاه في السادسه عشر من عمرها, مصابه بسرطان الرئه..فتاه من الجيل الجديد, واقعيه,ذكيه وصليه شيئا ما...انه المرض كما تعرفون
تعشق روايه ما, وهي الروايه الثانيه -كما قلت روايتان في كتاب- وتشعر بانها قريبه منها جدا..تلك الروايه هي
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ِ"An Imperial Afflection"

وتدور احداثها حول آنـّا ,فتاه في السادسه عشر من عمرها , مصابه بسرطان اايضا , ولكن ميزه تلك الروايه انها ليست كالروايات التقليديه ,ولكنها مختلفه..فالبطله تحكي الالم بواقعيه, ولانها لا تحب الكلاشيهات فانها تنشئ جمعيه ليس للسرطان وانما للكوليرا!!!, المهم والدتها الوحيده تتعرف علي رجل هولندي ثري , يبدو محترما.يعرض علي والدتها الزواج والتكفل بعلاج افضل لآنـّا , ولكن آنـّا تشك في انه رجل عصابات ..وتدور الايام وتبدأ الاستعدادات لزواج والدتها و

وينتهي الكتاب بهذه الطريقه المفاجأه لهازل, ومع ذلك تعشق الكتاب

تتعرف علي اوجستس وترز, الشاب الذي يخشي النسيان البشري,والذي تراه هازل ,النسيان, انه من مسلمات الحياه
أوجستس فقد احدي ساقيه في صراعه مع سرطان العظام لتتحسن حالته ويهزمه نوعا ما .. تخشي هازل ان تقترب منه اكثر وتقع في حبه , بينما يهيم هو بها حبا ,حيث انها في حاله صعبه من السرطان بعكسه, ولولا دواء معجزه معين لانتقلت من تلك الحاله الصعبه الي حاله حرجه..وهي لا تريد ان تكون سببا في جرحه عندما ينتهي كل شئ

قد يكون هذا كلاشيه أخر بالنسبه لي ولكن الاحداث لم تتصف بالملل الا قليلا, فالحدث الاهم هو كيفيه تعارفهم ومواجهتهم للاصدقاء, وحبهم المشترك لروايه
"An Imperial Afflection"
والتي يشعر أوجستس انه يريد ,مثل هازل, ان يعرف نهايه الروايه ويساعدها في مراسلاتها للمؤلف الذي اعتزل العمل بعد كتابه الاول والاخير منذ 10 سنوات, اصيب بالتوحد وغادر البلاد الي هولندا وفشلت محاولات هازل السابقه في مراسلته لمعرفه ماذا سيحدث لبقيه الابطال في روايتها المفضله

وتتوالي المفاجأت, وينجحا في السفر ومقابله المؤلف..ويالها من مفاجأه صادمه لهما, ولأي قارئ يتعلق بالروايات التي يقرأها

وتتوالي بشكل اكبر بعد الرحله مفاجأت القدر وماتخبئه النجوم للابطال
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لا أنكر ان الاحداث في بعض الاحيان اصابتني بشئ من الملل...ولكن الاحداث وتتابعها في اكثر الاوقات اعجبتني وكانت واقعيه جدا , وبعضها صدمني بالاخص مقابله شخصيه المؤلف الروايه الخياليه "بيتر فان هاوتن"..تلك المقابله الكارثيه والتي يجب ان انبغي انها ملائمه لشخصيه الكاتب الخياليه, اعتقد انه من اقوي المشاهد في تلك الرواية وفعلا اعجبني جدا الدور والمشهد الصادم

والاغرب ان نفس الشخصيه كانت السبب الرئيسي في "التأثر لدرجه عدم التحكم في الدموع" بالنسبه لي لاول مره منذ بدايه الروايه,وذلك قبل قبيل نهايتها ...وهذا امر نادر فعلا بالنسبه لي "في اخر الريفيو سأكتب اكثر الروايات التي أثرت بي لدرجه الدمع "

فحتي قبل النهايه بحوالي 3 او 4 فصول ظننت اني عرفت كل شئ, وتعجبت اني لم اتأثر للدرجه التي يقولها البعض, ولكن قبل النهايه شعرت بكل ماشعر به الكثيرين من تأثر
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ولكن يجب ان اقول ان النهايه شعرت بكثير جدا من الراحه ... راحه ممتزجه بشجن غريب ولكنها راحه كافيه لان تتحول الروايه بالنسبه لي من روايه ظننتها عاديه الي روايه جيده فعلا

الا اني مازلت اري ان الجزء في منتصف الاحداث في هولندا الجزء الخاص بالجنس بين فتاه بلغت عامها السادس عشر, وفتي اكبر منها بقليل
هو امر مقحم وكان يمكن الاستغناء عنه باي مشهد رومانسي عاطفي اخر

ولكن يحسب للمؤلف فعلا استخدامه لاسلوب "مهذب" وليس فجا...ولكن كما قلت الامر لم يكن يستحق,لقد اعجبني جدا مشهد القبله في هولندا...ولكن لم يعجبني مابعدها

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تقييمي للروايه كاد ان يكون 3 نجوم ,بعد كل هذا نعم , لكنه زاد بسبب استمتاعي بالاحداث من بدايتها بسبب تخيلي لاثنان في نفس العمر في دور الابطال , ولكن في عصر مختلف ....الحقبه الزمنيه التي عشتها, نهايه التسعينات
***Felicity and Ben ..Keri Russell and Scot Speedman***

وبالرغم من ان هازل اكثر صلابه وسخريه من كيري راسيل ولكن نجح الامر وتفاعلت مع الشخصيات جدا بسببهما
وخاصه انها بها من ناتالي بورتمان في حقبه "فانديتا

ولكن هازل الصلبه فعلا هي احد اهم اسباب نجاح الروايه الشديد بين الشباب

اعجبني جدا سؤال قراءته في صفحه احد الاصدقاء في الفيس بوك, من الجيل الجديد-هرمنا احنا بقي مواليد الثمانينات- واعجبني جدا رده الساخر, الذي يدل ان في هذا الجيل قله قليله -مثله- تفهم حقيقه الكلاشيهات المنتشره بين جيلهم...او الكلاشيهات التي يتمسك بها الجيل السابق لهم

السؤال هو
What's cool nowadays?
الإلحاد، اللاأدرية، تكوين الباندات، تصوير الأفلام، الرسم، كلمة (---)، الكتابة الوعظية المباشرة، القصص الرديئة، الندوات الثقافية الممله، معارض الكتاب وحفلات التوقيع المصاحبة، ماجدة الرومي، السياسة، الشتيمة في السياسة، الفيزياء المسلوقة، الساركازم الرديء، التظاهر بانعدام القدرة على الحب، التمسك بالمفاهيم الرجعية الأصيلة، الانشغال، التظاهر بالانشغال، , رثاء النفس.. والاهم , العمق

ستجد هنا سبب نجاح الروايه انها اخذت الكثير من "الكوول ناوادايز"....لاأدريه, لا يوجد وجود حقيقي في حكي بطله الروايه لله, بل وربما بعض السخريه من التدين او القدر ورفض ان
The Fault is not in Our Stars..
وربما ميزته هنا انه ليس فجا, ولكنه للاسف موجود..كما هو موجود في كثير من جيل العصر الحالي

الروايه بعيده تماما عن "الكتابه الوعظيه المباشره" بل وتنقدها وهذا امر ممتاز, فاعتقد ان الكتابه الوعظيه المباشره دائما ما تؤدي الي نفور من الكتاب نفسه..ولذلك اعجبني ان النهايه منطقيه الي حد كبير, واستحسنتها وان كنت اتمني ان لا تظل علي ال"لاأدريه" او تخففها شيئا ما

الساركازم او السخريه في الروايه لم تكن رديئه..بالعكس اعجبني جدا في كثير جدا من الاحيان الحوار الساخر الذي برع في كتابته جون جرين, ساخر وفي نفس الوقت نتيجه ظروف ابطاله ,يبعث لك الابتسامه الحقيقيه العريضه المصحوبه بشئ من الشجن

هذا الجزء اضحكني جدا,وملائني بالشجن في نفس الوقت
“Kids!” Julie shouted vaguely.
“I can only hope,” Julie said, turning back to Gus, “they grow into the kind of thoughtful, intelligent young men you’ve become.”
I resisted the urge to audibly gag. “He’s not that smart,” I said to Julie.
“She’s right. It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.”
“Right, it’s primarily his hotness,” I said.
“It can be sort of blinding,” he said.
“It actually did blind our friend Isaac,” I said.
“Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?”
“You cannot.”
“It is my burden, this beautiful face.”
“Not to mention your body.”
“Seriously, don’t even get me started on my hot bod. You don’t want to see me naked, Dave. Seeing me naked actually took Hazel Grace’s breath away,” he said, nodding toward the oxygen tank.

وفي النهايه...العمق

الروايه لا تحاول الاتصاف بعمق ليس بها كما يفعل للاسف اغلب الشباب في روايتهم سواء بمصر او بالعالم..الروايه بها عمق حقيقي نوعا ما
عمق الالم, دون رسم للكلمات او الاهتمام بزخرفه الجمل لتصبح
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ولكني لا انكر ان هناك كثير من الكلمات الانجليزية كانت لغويا صعبه بالنسبه لي ,بالرغم من انها تأتي فتاه في السادسه عشر وعادة لا اجد تلك الصعوبه في تلك الفئه من الروايات
وقد اشار جاس صديق هازل علي استخدامها لبعض الكلمات الصعبة وهذا اعجبني لاني شعرت انه ليس خطئي بشكل كبير اني وجدت صعوبه في ترجمه بعض الكلمات

I was glad that Gus mentioned Hazel's "Super sophisticated" use of adjectives at a point.. God I hate when I read a novel that Google translate dot com won't translate some of the words I can't get :(

ومع ذلك هناك الكثير من الجمل صارت تتداول كجمل لا تنسي
لا انكر اني عانيت للبحث عن صوره للريفيو لم يتم وضعها في ريفيو من قبل, وكنت علي وشك كتابه جملتي المفضله -تلك التي ذكرتها في البدايه حول الافكار والنجوم- لاكتشف انها ايضا...من اهم الجمل التي ذكرت في جميع الريفيوهات تقريبا
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***The Fault in Our Stars***

for me it's not a great story, But It's very loveable ,emotional somehow that I can't never say it isn't a great story...

I was afraid after 80% of the story,and not feel emotional enough or teary eyes like EVERYONE's experience with the book , that I've grew a "Hairy Heart" like this story in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter's Spin off:

So far I liked the story more cause of Peter and his Novel "An Imperial Affliction" plot, and the fact I used "Felicity"'s stars in the main roles "I was just finished that book, you can know about the show at my review for that book"

But by the end -and again cause of Peter Van Houten's reappearance- I got "teary eyes" and uncontrollable one .. the wrapping of this plot hit me hard in heart..
Then the smooth ending "Being in 14th July -MY BIRTHDAY :)" with the lovely mother -who I really felt more emotions for her than expected too, I pictured her like Desperate Housewives' Bree Van De Kamp-

That's what make it goes from 3 stars to 4

So, yes I must read again for John Green.. And I'll never forget the days with Hazel and Gus..they'll be in my memory..
Always...

okay?

Mohammed Arabey
from 29th March 2014
to 3rd April 2014

PS: What Novels,stories that get me Uncontrollable teary eyes :
1- A Short story by "Issa'ad Younes" in EL Shabab magazine "will write it soon in a review" - mid 90s
2-The Death of Scrooge Mcduck's parents.. "Will review that too soon" - mid 90s
3-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , by the end ,unexpected scene "will review soon too" - 2012
4-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows "Snape of course , always"
5-Peter Van Houten telling an apology...The Fault in Our Stars 2014 :)

I may add more when I'd remember ,but those always stick in my mind ...more

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Dec 27, 2013 Katya rated it it was ok

Shelves: geek-love, dramarama, 2012, contemporary-ya, the-ya-project

EDIT, 16.04.2012 For further analysis of the themes in the story, my Book Lantern post. Warning, spoilers included! Is the Fault Really in Our Stars?

Also, Meghan's follow up post:
Augustus Waters: Hero or Zero?

The first time I heard about The Fault In Our Stars was in a vlog by John Green, and my thoughts ran along the lines of: "Oh, new book. Nice. Might check it out of the library." And that's that. It wasn't until the early shipping fiasco and the subsequent blog posts that I really conside ...more

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May 04, 2014 K.D. Absolutely rated it did not like it

Recommended to K.D. by: Biena Magbitang

Shelves: ya, saddest, sad

I can be honest, right? After all, it was I who spent time reading this book.

I guess it has something to do with the fact that so many friends and relatives raved about this book being sad and great prior to my reading. For example, an 8-year old niece of my wife said that she cried while reading the book because it is about teenagers with cancer. Then of course most of my GR friends, foreigners and locals alike, rated this book with either 4 or 5 stars.

So, when I started reading this book, I th I can be honest, right? After all, it was I who spent time reading this book.

I guess it has something to do with the fact that so many friends and relatives raved about this book being sad and great prior to my reading. For example, an 8-year old niece of my wife said that she cried while reading the book because it is about teenagers with cancer. Then of course most of my GR friends, foreigners and locals alike, rated this book with either 4 or 5 stars.

So, when I started reading this book, I thought I already clammed up. Maybe I was just trying to be different or I would like to show my wife's 8-y/o niece that the book is YA and I am too old (mature) compared to her and have outgrown books like this and definitely would not cry over some silly stories about lovers with cancer.

My Dad died of brain cancer in 1997 so definitely I have a big compassion for people suffering from any kind of cancer. However, what is John Green's purpose of using cancer has a major element in this book's romance? Obviously, it is to manipulate people's emotion. It is to gain sympathy because his female readers would like to cry buckets of tears especially if the guy is as good-looking as Augustus the apple of the eyes of our heroine who is also cancer-stricken, Hazel. I mean cancer, like death, is something that we normally don't want to talk about and if we need to talk about it, we usually have a purpose. Sadly, in my opinion, John Green has no particular purpose but for commercial reason: to generate sympathy that means more readers, more sales, more money to bring to the bank.

There is nothing new in this book. Hazel's I want to leave a mark prior to dying is everybody's wish really. Augustus' I am not my cancer is too heroic. We all know that it is not true, we all got our big frustrations or lost in lives. We all have been sick at some point in our lives and we go through a period of denial and even if we say we accepted everything, we always keep on hoping that the sickness or the problem would disappear that's why we continuously pray to God. I mean the acceptance is there and we are at peace with ourselves but still call God to interfere and take the sickness away.

I just did not feel anything reading this book except the feeling of being manipulated. It's too pretentious and gimmicky. I know John Green is laughing his way to the bank especially because some movie people took advantage of this book's popularity so this even has a big screen adaptation. My goodness.
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Jan 02, 2012 Lucy rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, young-adult, better-than-i-expected, book-with-no-ending, i-cried-damn-it

First and foremost, the author really does not want you to spoil yourself. I, however, am the kind of person who likes to read revealing reviews before purchasing a book. There are, after all, only so many books you can read in a year and afford to buy. If I didn't own this book, I'd want to read a review like this... So, I leave it up to you, intrepid reader. I'm sure you're smart enough to know your own preferences and I'll be using spoiler tags for the stuff I believe Green doesn't want discu ...more

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John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New ...more

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