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The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

Start date: March 1, 2013

Finish date: March 31, 2013

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Jul 17, 2012 Christi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2012-reads

I just loved this book. It's funny, smart, irreverent, poignant and thought-provoking. I know I'll be thinking about Hazel Grace and Augustus for a long time after finishing this book. That Augustus Waters. He really comes in and shakes up Hazel's nice and quiet life. May we all have an Augustus Waters come into our lives.

This is a "young adult" book that isn't watered down to appeal to teens. It's a well-written book that happens to feature teenagers. They are smart kids, maybe too smart becau ...more

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Jul 22, 2013 Rachel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, young-adult

Oh man. I cried on the subway. And then for an hour as I finished it once I got home. When I was a kid I would read books that made me cry. I would reread them mercilessly. Specifically, I remember Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume. When I was much younger I couldn't even make it through The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter;* I was crying so hard my mom got worried. That stopped happening as I got older. I assumed it was because I got older and was better able to handle the emotions evoked by a Oh man. I cried on the subway. And then for an hour as I finished it once I got home. When I was a kid I would read books that made me cry. I would reread them mercilessly. Specifically, I remember Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume. When I was much younger I couldn't even make it through The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter;* I was crying so hard my mom got worried. That stopped happening as I got older. I assumed it was because I got older and was better able to handle the emotions evoked by a novel. Nope, this book made me cry. Is it something connected to the love of young people? I guess it's not something I read about that often.

I have avoided young adult literature like the plague after I kept getting sucked into the hype and never really enjoying it. Hunger Games? Meh. Sparkly vampires and boy wizards (I read the first three of the Harry Potter series, meh!)? No thanks! So when I first heard of this one, I thought whaaatever. But it kept getting raves and raves and I thought, well if I ever get the chance maybe I will give it a try. Then I realized it had been out for 3 years and was still getting raved about, so at least it must be memorable right? And however long it has been out for it still hasn't come out in paperback!! The library doesn't even have the ebook of it! So I thought if it comes my way I might read it (thinking it's not going to come my way ever so that's a pretty safe commitment there). And then I found the ebook on B&N for $3. So I got it, downloaded it on my phone and hoped for it to at least pass quickly as an acceptable way of passing the time at work in the coat check.

It was good, it was good. It was smart. Too smart for actual teenagers, or anyone really, but seriously? Who wants to listen to real teenagers? Haha I kid. Mostly. Just showed everything perfect in the world as well as everything completely fucked in the world.

I am still not going to read young adult books. There's no way any of it can touch this one!

*Holy hell, Forrest Carter is a pen name for Asa Earl Carter, who was very controversial for his racist past. Wow I did not know that. ...more

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Dec 26, 2013 Amy rated it liked it

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

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May 09, 2013 Una rated it it was ok

I must be in the minority in this but for some reason this book was just not sitting right by me. I agree with someone else who mentioned that the characters were just WAY too wise for their respective ages and that made the book very unbelievable. It was such an easy read and the pages did flow quickly together.

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Jul 20, 2012 Marcia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook

This is my big ten. So says Hazel Grace.

This book make me feel like I was repeatedly stabbed and had involuntary jags of crying - all while on a plane. Great experience. Aside from the few HOURS of public humiliation of crying uncontrollable, (tip: read in the privacy of your own home, car, office) this is an amazing book.

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