The Fault in Our Stars in Buddy Read Zone

Jun 24, 2012 Lise *friends don't flag* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2012-faves

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Oh Boo Hoo.... I knew I would be devastated but it is a beautiful devastation. I will love Hazel and Augustus forever.

“We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.” -John Green

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Jan 15, 2013 Serena rated it it was amazing

Wow!
What a beautifully, amazing, heartwrenching, eye opening book. I am crying my eyes out. I will forever love Gus and Hazel. They left their scar in my heart.

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Jun 14, 2012 Erin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star-reads, 10-star-butterflying-amazing-reads, top-favorite-books-of-all-time, you-will-cry-your-eyes-out, top-favs

"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." - Hazel Grace Lancaster

I hate to start my review with the same quote everyone else starts their review with, but there is a reason they do. This quote is exactly how I feel about The Fault In Our Stars. I have a book hangover, the worst one I have ever had after reading a book. This book "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." - Hazel Grace Lancaster

I hate to start my review with the same quote everyone else starts their review with, but there is a reason they do. This quote is exactly how I feel about The Fault In Our Stars. I have a book hangover, the worst one I have ever had after reading a book. This book has changed me and the way I look at life. How often do you read a book and feel that way? It has only happened to me 3, now 4, times. This book is now my favorite book of all time.

16 year old Hazel Lancaster is living on borrowed time. She has lived with her terminal cancer for 3 years and thanks to a medical miracle, she has been bought more time. Now, if you think about it, we are all living on borrowed time. All of our days are numbered, but Hazel is being moved to the front of the line. It is not a matter of if she will die, but when. Her when will be a lot sooner than most of us. She was taken out of school when she was diagnosed, and she has since gotten her GED and attends community college. She considers herself a grenade. Therefore, she has removed herself from the world to lesson the impact people will feel once she is gone. She only interacts with her parents, reads endlessly, and watches reality TV. She has been forced to attend a cancer kids support group since her parents feel she is suffering from depression. At this support group, Hazel meets 17 year old Augustus Waters, an amputee and cancer survivor, and her numbered days are forever changed.

Augustus is an incredibly mature, intelligent, and not to mention good looking young man. Having survived cancer, he is not delusional, and knows that it could come back. He, like a lot of people who have a brush with death, is obsessed with leaving a mark on the world. He wants his life to have meaning; he wants to be someones hero.

Augustus sees something in Hazel Grace (as he calls her) that draws him to her. He describes Hazel perfectly. He says: "You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are." Hazel is definitely one of a kind. Augustus can't help but fall in love with her, even though Hazel tries to prevent it from happening. She is a grenade after all.

Hazel is obsessed with this book called An Imperial Affliction. It is about a teenage girl named Anna who has cancer and the book just ends, when Anna presumably dies, and you never find out what happens to the rest of the characters. Hazel shares this book with Augustus and he too is deeply affected by it. Hazel desperately wants to find out the ending of this book, because she, like Anna, will leave this world, and Hazel wants to know that Anna's Mother, friends and even pet hamster went on to be okay without her. If the characters in this book are okay, maybe Hazel's loved ones will be okay after she is gone as well. With the help of Augustus, she finds the author of the book, and it leads them on a journey of love and discovery together.

This is a book about living a forever within our numbered days. It is about realizing that most of us will never leave a mark on the universe, but we will leave our marks on those we love. Our lives have meaning as long as we open up ourselves to love. Augustus helped Hazel open up to love, and Hazel helped Augustus realize that his life had meaning because he loved and was loved in return.

I cannot say enough wonderful things about this book. You will laugh, cry, and be forever changed by this book. I know I am. Thank you John Green! ...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Katy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites-of-2012

My favorite book of the year!!! So glad this book was voted #1 in young adult fiction for 2012 (by a landslide)....it's a must read!!!

I love books that make you think. I especially love books that make you think about things from a different perspective. This is one of those books. It's witty, emotional, heartbreaking, and honest. I literally love Augustus Waters!
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Jan 31, 2013 Sarah Oxford rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, made-me-cry, romance, contemporary-fiction, favourites, 2013, made-me-laugh

This is a difficult review to write for me. I was about two thirds of the way through when my Nan passed away unexpectedly. Yeah ok so she didn't die of cancer, but reading a book about life and death when you experience it's reality can be quite traumatic. At least that's what I expected!

My husband suggested I leave it where I was. Why put myself through the grief? I thought maybe the experience would be cathartic. But you know what? I am so pleased I read on and finished this book!

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Feb 04, 2013 Sarah rated it really liked it

Yup, I cried and had a miny break down.

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Mar 11, 2013 Melissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: not-just-a-book-but-a-journey, favorites

Augustus Waters, you stole my heart. ❤️

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Jun 19, 2012 Evelyn rated it it was amazing

I actually read this book in hard cover form. This was probably not a good idea considering I cried on MOST of the paper pages. They didn't stand a chance of staying dry. I need a serious moment to get my emotions together. ...more

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Jul 10, 2012 Dina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

This book was a GRENADE of AWESOMENESS! Lots of tissues & chocolates are highly needed! It has a Non-Happy-Ending and yet I still LOVED it, insane!(uh huh, i'm a sucker of a happy ending). Augustus and Hazel make these beautiful long speeches that normal teenagers don't usually do. Gus actually needed 6 lines to say ily, it had me melting *swoon* ...more

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