The Fault in Our Stars in Obsessed With YA & NA

Sep 05, 2012 Zoe rated it it was amazing

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ASDFGHJKL is the only word I can use to describe this book. It is AMAZING. OMG. This is more of a rant than a review, but what the hey. ^.^

The Fault in Our Stars is, without a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read! It is beautifully written and the words sprinkled onto the page are breath-taking. I would be surprised if you read a page without awing at the gorgeous description.

Told through the eyes of Hazel, a diagnosed cancer patient, Green sets the scene brilliantly. In the first few ASDFGHJKL is the only word I can use to describe this book. It is AMAZING. OMG. This is more of a rant than a review, but what the hey. ^.^

The Fault in Our Stars is, without a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read! It is beautifully written and the words sprinkled onto the page are breath-taking. I would be surprised if you read a page without awing at the gorgeous description.

Told through the eyes of Hazel, a diagnosed cancer patient, Green sets the scene brilliantly. In the first few pages we understand that Hazel has is going through a difficult time and although she is losing faith in herself, we don't see her as boring at all. She reluctantly goes to a cancer support group every week but one week changes them all - she meets Augustus. OMG AUGUSTUS. Interesting, different and understanding, Hazel becomes more fascinated with him. Their relationship is not the usual type of YA romance (that can get a bit annoying after a while), theirs is unique.

The first line grabs the reader and never lets go, not even at the end. The story lingers in your mind for days after and you will be compelled to read more of Green's books. On the last page, I was thinking "What?! This can't be the end! JOHN GREEN WHAT ARE DOING TO MY LIFE. HOW DARE YOU CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN." The ending. Oh, the ending. This is one of the rare books that made me cry and I get emotional just thinking about it.
However, I don't want a sequel. I think it is perfect the way it ended and I am not sure how it would carry off.... (though John Green is a genius.)

Everyone should read this book. Even if you don't like contemporary, still read it. All bookworms should have the ability to talk about it and ASDFGHJKL together! Whoo!

Here are some of my favourite quotes:

“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. 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.”

“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”

I command you all to read this book. Not only is it a great story but the writing will change you. I won't hear the word 'Okay' the same again.... I better go now as I am getting emotional again... *sniffles* ...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Paige Bradish rated it it was amazing

Well I just finished the book and I don't think I'm quite ready to write a review yet but I'm going to go for it anyways because I don't want to forget anything. The Fault In Our Stars is a story about a girl named Hazel who has Lung cancer I'm pretty sure it is. Well she goes to a support group for cancer patients. This support group is where she meets the love of her life Augustus Waters. Now normally I don't fall for guys in books right away and if i do I don't stay in love with them but this Well I just finished the book and I don't think I'm quite ready to write a review yet but I'm going to go for it anyways because I don't want to forget anything. The Fault In Our Stars is a story about a girl named Hazel who has Lung cancer I'm pretty sure it is. Well she goes to a support group for cancer patients. This support group is where she meets the love of her life Augustus Waters. Now normally I don't fall for guys in books right away and if i do I don't stay in love with them but this boy I fell for and didn't lost the feeling throughout the whole book. This book I swear was so amazing and heartbreaking. Near the end I didn't want to keep reading i had to keep putting it down to compose myself and not because it was bad but because it was so sad.

Hazel has had cancer most of her life and she knows she is dying. She doesn't know when she'll die because she has her good days and then her bad but she knows she will at some point. She is such an inspirational character all the way because she's so strong even when her life was fading away. She decides to let Augustus into her life because she knows that he loves her and that she loves in.

Augustus is a very smart, and also inspiring young man. He also got cancer when he was very young and he lost his leg. Luckily though when we met him he was cancer free. He fell for Hazel as soon as he laid eyes on her which mad me fall for him. He knew that at the time she would probably die first but he accepted it and he was there for her until he couldn't be anymore.

The two of them loved this book so much that ended randomly and they wanted to find out what happened. Together Hazel & Gus tracked down this author, using Gus's cancer wish and they fly to visit him for answers. I won't tell you what happened on that trip because of spillers but I will say jus before they left Hazel got some very bad news but in the end the two of them dealt with it together as best they could until they couldn't any longer. They were both very strong up until the end.

I give this inspirational story 5 out of 5 stars because it kept you turning pages until you couldn't anymore. It reached out and grabbed you before you even finished the first sentence of the first page. I must say i'm extremely glad that The Fault In Our Stars was my pick for my first John Green book. I hope to read more by him in the very near future. ...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

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I loved this book, definitely read it. It's such an amazing and touching book. ...more

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Mar 25, 2013 meravigliosoviaggio rated it it was amazing

Meraviglioso....

Questo libro... Non so nemmeno da dove cominciare...
Di solito non leggo libri con un tema di fondo così triste, sono del parere che leggere serva a sognare e per sognare intendo Sognare con la S maiuscola cose che non ci fanno soffrire ma che ci rallegrano.
Mi sono sbagliata. Sono riuscita a Sognare anche con questo argomento di fondo cos
ì delicato, grazie ai due protagonisti e all'autore che ha saputo, se possibile, parlarne con leggerezza e scioltezza senza risultare mai superf ...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Krystal rated it it was amazing

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Love this book....everyone should read it!

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Feb 05, 2012 KiraMichelle rated it it was amazing

The most amazing book I've ever read. ...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Stacey M rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013, goodreads-choice-award-book-club-bo, young-adult, 2014

I read this book in about a day. I loved it. It liked the message it sent and how it was delivered. I actually really like Green's writing style which is very distinctive. This book also emotionally destroyed me, but I have a history with cancer that I think made this book hit close to home. The characters are well developed and I thought the pacing was perfect. I highly recommend checking is book out. ...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Amy Hayes rated it liked it

A great and heart wrenching read. Maybe not one I would have picked up without all the high praises. Not sure it lived up to all the hype, but worth reading anyway.

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Jun 08, 2013 Mom2triplets04 rated it really liked it

It took me a little while to get into the book but once I did I couldn't put it down. You must have tissues around as I did wind up crying while reading this book. ...more

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