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One shouldn't expect a happy ending when reading a book about two teenagers with a terminal illness falling in love. Regardless, I don't recommend reading this in public.
It's a coming of age tale, sped up by the potential of a short life. A look into the thoughts and feelings of people who feel the end near, thus focus on the things which are important to them. As one of those things is a novel, this book did ring all my bells. It glazes over the more adult part of it's YA label. When I was the ...more
It's a coming of age tale, sped up by the potential of a short life. A look into the thoughts and feelings of people who feel the end near, thus focus on the things which are important to them. As one of those things is a novel, this book did ring all my bells. It glazes over the more adult part of it's YA label. When I was the ...more
This is considered Young Adult Literature – but the topic is tough. Teenagers living with terminal cancer. Perhaps it is a bit fantastical to think that the characters can be this open, honest, realistic, intelligent, kind. Perhaps the authors intention was not to make these characters realistic – but characters we strive to become or to provide some insight. It was hard to read – but I appreciated the journey. Reading the book as an adult, I especially loved Hazel’s parents.
Oh my. I laughed and I cried, and I'm pretty sure I've never encountered a more honest and heartbreaking tale. These teens have not died; fiction has brought them to life, and they are real. An incredibly powerful story of hope and love and loss, and gain. Because it's all about what they gained, in the end - each other.
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So many feels. Though I can't imagine any 17 year olds who talk like this. Maybe because the threat of dying is so close at hand that you can't help but think existentially? I could barely understand what they were talking about. Saw the biggest saddest twist coming a mile away. The smaller twist caught me by surprise.
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This book is worth waiting!
A couple of days ago, a page about book that I follow on Facebook, posted a question: "Which latest book that made you cried?"
A lot of people answered with this book.
I was reading it and today I joined those people with the same answer.
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A couple of days ago, a page about book that I follow on Facebook, posted a question: "Which latest book that made you cried?"
A lot of people answered with this book.
I was reading it and today I joined those people with the same answer.
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Now I understand why this is my 13yo daughter's favourite book.
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