The Fault In Our Stars

Two days ago I finished The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.

Wow, what a brilliant book!

Amazon has over 11,000 reviews on their site for this book.  So what can I possibly say that hasn’t been said?  Probably nothing.  But that doesn’t stop me from wanting to celebrate another glorious book, one that kidnapped my heart for a while.

It’s a story about two kids with cancer that fall in love.  It’s eye-opening and great and painful.  I think I’m allergic to the materials in the book, however, because my eyes watered up a few times.  Which is really weird because I read it on a Kindle.

Kids living with terminal illness is a subject I can’t pretend to fully comprehend.  I am not sure that real-life victims can either; not everyone can be Plato or Socrates and contemplate and understand life perfectly.  However, I imagine this book gives us a good idea of what those kids think about–the jokes they make to cover up the pain–or the surprising depth of understanding, even at such a young age.  The realism is breathtaking.

John Green … wow.  Well done.