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The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

Start date: March 1, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

Why we're reading this: YA/Genre Group Read - March 2014
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Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Jun 26, 2014 Badlydone rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: popular

I do not generally read popular fiction, but this book came to me recommended by a friend whose literary taste I admire and trust. The fact that this book was attracting extreme and passionate reviews was also interesting to me.

To me, this is not a “cancer book” at all – the cancer could have been replaced with, say, ALS, with little difference. This book is about life and love and existential questions: is it really important that we leave our mark in this world? Can we even do good without doi ...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Karla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, book-club

Every so often, about once every five years, I read a book that's so amazing, I first get aggravated that I didn't write it, and then go out and buy it for everyone I know. I recommend it to people in bookstores, in conversations, on social media... I can't shut up about it. This is one of those books.

I actually bought the book on Audible. I've been a little iffy about whether I like audio books, but the narrator, Kate Rudd, hit this one head-on. I listened to it every spare minute, forsaking e ...more

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Feb 22, 2014 Gizelle rated it really liked it

On teenage angst and drama...

I liked the way I imagined John Green saying every witty line in this book (nerdfighter!). I'd have given this 5 stars if it weren't so bloody sad and kept reminding me of Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember for obvious reasons. ...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Zandra rated it liked it

Shelves: death, teen-fiction, family, realistic, high-school, dating, friendship, cancer, dying, support-group

After a while it became laborious reading this book. This is not to say it was a bad book. Actually, it is a well-written book that tugs at the heart-strings. Green is to be commended for creating three teen characters who were complex and authentic and who illicit genuine care and sympathy from the reader.

Overall, this was a good book and I look forward to the movie that is being based on this book.

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