Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Publisher: Speak, Penguin Group
Publication Date: January 10, 2012
Page Count: 337
Where I got it: Gift
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 12.99
Format I read it in: Kindle
Description/Blurb:
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 is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
My Thoughts:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is, by far, one of the hardest reviews I have had to write. I had actually won a print copy of this book in a giveaway or contest or blogging event of some sort last year, though I cannot currently remember which. I then proceeded to use my audible credit to acquire it this month. I then took the Kindle version out from a friend’s public library (as she was kind enough to allow me to use her login for ebooks, since she does not use the service and my library sucks).
I read this book in about 24 hours, and my emotions are so all over the place that I fear this review will be incoherent and rambling at best, but I have to write it. I have to get the thoughts out of my head or I will not be able to sleep. This is the second night in a row that this book has kept me awake.
I both love and hate this book and the author right now. I am so thoroughly pissed at the outcome, and then also so thoroughly lost for the unanswered questions that I am left with. Much like “An Imperial Affliction” left Hazel struggling, desperate to know what happens before she dies, I have the same kind of inner turmoil over the outcome for this book.
Additionally, I thought that I would be forever changed for having seen “A Walk to Remember,” and this was an even grander roller coaster ride. I feel as a soaking wet towel, wrung vigorously and left hanging in a twist over the shower curtain. I am not even sure how to put this into words properly.
John Green has taken my shriveled cynical heart and left it bleeding on the floor, utterly without a sense of why it is no longer within the confines of my ribcage. I was so invested in the characters of Gus and Hazel, and I now wonder what I will do without their story to fill my heart. Damn you, John Green! Why must you toy with my emotions so. Now I have to go read more of your books so that I can be ripped apart even more.
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