The Fault in Our Stars in Buddy Read Zone

Aug 01, 2012 Akanksha❤ Søren♰ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite

For people who haven't read this book yet...
• Read the book first so you love the movie and connect more

•But always remember, Nothing ever lives up to an amazing book.'

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Just a few weeks for the movie!!! :D :D :D :D
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I wish they cast him, he's so pretty!!!

And they've taken Shailene Woodley for Hazel Grace!

QUOTE IMAGES!!!!!

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So here I lay, after reading this book with swollen eyes, a runny nose, a wet puffy face and a whole lot of heart ache and a head ache too.

This book was beautiful. I ...more

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Oct 10, 2012 Clarifina ~Books Are My Drugs~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-love-like-chocolate, i-was-a-sobbing-mess, ya, sweet-guys, messed-with-my-emotions, depressing-as-hell, made-my-heart-hurt, never-forget-as-long-as-i-live, beautifully-written-books, books-that-spoke-to-me

Can't....form....a... Coherent sentence right now. Will do a review soon after my tears stop rolling down my cheeks in an endlessly flowing river.

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Warning!: This book is NOT for the faint-hearted. Those who read this book must be prepared to be emotionally scarred by it and to cry their eyeballs out of their sockets. If you are prepared for hours of puffy and red eyes, do proceed and read this tear-jerker of a book.

This is me after I finish reading The Fault in Our Stars.
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Apr 16, 2012 Terri ♥ (aka Mrs. Christian Grey) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio, favorites

Quick review:

Cover: Inspired
Rating: R
Thumbs Up: 5
Overall: Beautifully written in the most wondrous way
Characters: Well written
Plot: You can cry over dying or you can live.
Page Turner: Absolutely
Series Cont.? N/A
Recommend: Absolutely
Book Boyfriend: Augusta (Gus)

SUMMARY (55 words or less)

The tears I wipe away will not erase the impact this story has made on me. “Time is a slut, she screws everyone.” One of the best quotes. It’s hard to put into words how moved I am. How physical ill I feel ...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Sarah (SB) ღ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: makes-me-a-better-person, yes-i-cried, own, march-2013

My Dearest Peanut Butter,

I highly recommend a proper handkerchief and ensuring a loved one is available for the last quarter of the book. Please also be advised that it will not be pretty, feminine tears you cry, but giant crocodile tears accompanied by splotchy complexion, mucus and possibly even a bit of laughter. It was everything I hoped it'd be. Sustenance and weight between the pages, between the words, between the thoughts. I hope you enjoy the experience, but if you don't I'm still cert ...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Annie Brewer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-worthy, favorite, unforgettable, favorite-authors, tearjerker, emotionally-devastating, death

God. I just. I can't. *breaks down in sobs*

Not sure when I'll have it in me to write a review. I'm seriously broken. ...more

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May 07, 2012 Karen rated it it was amazing

This book was sad. But it was really amazing. I think it may have changed my entire paradigm on life and death. I was reluctant to read it. I knew what it was about. I don't think many people like to talk about illness and death even though they are as prevalent as love and life. I know most people don't understand the art of being sick... the one afflicted with the terminal whatever. I think that most of us, myself included, hope we never have to experience it in our lives, whether first hand o ...more

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Jan 25, 2013 ✟Roxanne✟(Death by Book Avalanche) ☠ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ng-paperback, m-f, ng-novel, 2014-reading-challenge, borrowed-from-library

I admit I got swept up into the hype with this book, I try my best to keep an open mind and a balanced opinion when a book becomes massively popular and so with this review I will be giving my honest opinion whilst ignoring the numerous glowing reviews I have read.
I must say that I really enjoyed this book (that's if you can say 'enjoy' when reading a book about Cancer) and I found myself thinking about it constantly after I finished reading. I went to sleep thinking about it and I woke up thin ...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Dawn Nicholson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

*** 5 Heart-Wrenching Stars ***

'You Don't Get To Choose If You Get Hurt In This World, Old Man, But You Do Have Some Say In Who Hurts You. I Like My Choices. I Hope She Likes Hers.'
'I Do. Augustus. I Do.'

Such a Beautiful, Amazing Book. Reading this puts everything in perspective. ...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Madison rated it it was amazing

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Okay, so to say a book changed my life is pretty serious business. This book, though, is serious. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green has changed my life. I couldn’t decide if it ruined me. Or fixed me. I’ve decided to go with fixed me. In all honesty, a series changed my life last year - Fifty Shades of Grey - seems strange, maybe, but it’s the truth. It opened me up to this whole other world of books, those independently published, prompted me to wr ...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Mochaspresso rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-fiction, cancer, books-to-movies

Hazel Grace and Augustus are teen cancer patients who meet at a support group for cancer survivors. Hazel Grace's lungs are so poor that she walks with an oxygen tank and nasal cannula during the day and has to sleep hooked up to a machine that drains fluid from her lungs and helps her to breathe at night. Augustus has lost his leg to cancer. His best friend, Isaac, lost his eyesight to cancer. I loved the character of Hazel Grace. The literary teen role model police might have some issues with Hazel Grace and Augustus are teen cancer patients who meet at a support group for cancer survivors. Hazel Grace's lungs are so poor that she walks with an oxygen tank and nasal cannula during the day and has to sleep hooked up to a machine that drains fluid from her lungs and helps her to breathe at night. Augustus has lost his leg to cancer. His best friend, Isaac, lost his eyesight to cancer. I loved the character of Hazel Grace. The literary teen role model police might have some issues with her, but I think she's very "real" in the sense that she is a typical angst ridden teen. She gets frustrated with her parents. She secretly resents the healthy looking cancer survivors in her support group and wonders why they get a miracle while she doesn't. She's not really "fighting" cancer like the euphemism suggests. She's already resigned herself to the fact that she doesn't have long to live and that cancer is a battle that she can't "win". All the medicines and machines do is buy her a little more time.
Time that she learns to value over the course of the book. When it starts, she's living each day preparing herself for the fact that she's going to die soon. That's not really "living". Toward the end, she starts to actually and literally live each day. That's what I loved most about this book. It's a cheesy sentiment, but that age old question of "Are you dying to live or living to die?" (2Pac song lyric!!) is profoundly true, in my opinion.

I readily admit that my opinion of this book is based primarily on how it made me feel and it's ability to make me feel rather than on any technical aspects of how well it was written. The book probably does have issues that a more discerning reader might find fault in. I can understand why some say that there is too much purple prose or that the characters are flat or that the teen voices of Hazel Grace and Augustus seem a little stodgy and off. Despite that, I'm still inclined to say that if someone had the ability to read this book in it's entirety and not feel any empathy toward the main characters, something may be wrong with them.

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Feb 09, 2013 Tahsin rated it it was amazing

beautifully written. not exactly my cup of tea though

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Dec 03, 2012 Tokies marked it as to-read

i knew you were going to rip my heart to pieces.. but instead of walking away and not letting you i did. and i thank you for it because i needed to know

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May 31, 2012 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, tear-jerker, books-to-movies

This book was fantistic. From page one to the last page I couldn't stop reading. John Green is an excellent writer and I will be checking out his other books. This was a heart felt love/friendship between two 16 year old cancer patients. If you think this would be a deprssing book you are wrong. I felt myself smiling through 90% of the book. I highly recomment it!!! ...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Katria rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourite-shelf, contemporary-romance, back-to-high-school, books-i-want-to-read-again, self-help, heroes-i-fantasize-about, drama-romance, my-boyfriend-lit, i-cried-like-a-river, intense

WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PRAISE THIS WORK OF ART but I will anyway.<\b>

Review will be posted after I can gather my emotions and keep myself together.<\b>

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