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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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The idea of a book about children with cancer sounds horrible: so easy to slip into stereotypical and boring cliches, to be overly sentimental and maudlin. But John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars is nothing less than extraordinary for its utter avoidance of these tropes.
Stars is the story of one Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl who has cancer. She begins the book by telling us that her mother thinks she is depressed; Hazel says that in everything she has read about cancer, depression is li ...more
Stars is the story of one Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl who has cancer. She begins the book by telling us that her mother thinks she is depressed; Hazel says that in everything she has read about cancer, depression is li ...more
Loved lines like this: "....it occured to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again."
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A love story about teenagers with cancer. I know, it sounds awful...I thought so too which is why I took so long to get around to reading this one. I was missing out! This is the perfect blend of the sarcasm of teenagers, the existential questions of humanity, and the excitement of young love.
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 01, 2013
DeAnn
marked it as to-read
Mar 17, 2014
Annemarie
marked it as to-read
