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The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

Start date: October 1, 2013

Finish date: October 31, 2013

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May 19, 2013 Jessica Andrews rated it it was amazing

I'm sure most of you have heard of this and/or John Green. and I have to say after reading this and Looking For Alaska, John Green is a cruel but excellent writer. and aren't all writer's cruel. I spent the whole time reading this whingeing about what I'd already guessed was going to happen. but even though I knew it was going to happen at some point I still begged it not to happen. I fell completely in love with Augustus just like Hazel (Slowly, then all at once). I love how John Green's own op ...more

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Jul 09, 2013 Makayla rated it really liked it

Wheres the ending!!!! What happens!!!

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Mar 22, 2013 Elicia rated it it was amazing

You can also find this review at http://girlinthewoodsreviews.blogspot...

Detailed Review: I've read The Fault in Our Stars for the second time now. Somehow, it was worse because you know what was coming, and you feel dread as you moved along the book. No matter how prepared you are for what's coming, it still hurts as much as the first time.

That is the heartbreaking reality of reading The Fault in Our Stars.

This book never fails to make me laugh. With Hazel and Augustus' humorous exchanges, the You can also find this review at http://girlinthewoodsreviews.blogspot...

Detailed Review: I've read The Fault in Our Stars for the second time now. Somehow, it was worse because you know what was coming, and you feel dread as you moved along the book. No matter how prepared you are for what's coming, it still hurts as much as the first time.

That is the heartbreaking reality of reading The Fault in Our Stars.

This book never fails to make me laugh. With Hazel and Augustus' humorous exchanges, the atmosphere is always one of comedy and love. Even through their darkest days, their spirits were never weakened. Their humour never fades, nor their love for each other.

This is what TFIOS does: it highlights love in its strongest and most beautiful state.

They say that this book is a 'sick love story'. The word 'love' doesn't just describe the love between couples, it describes family love (Hazel and her family) the love we have for our friends (Isaac and Gus), even the love you harbour for your idol (Peter van Houten).

That is why this book has touched so many people, after all.

All the characters- every single one of them fit into the story so well; they enhance its beauty. All of them had a degree of humour in them, except Peter Van Houten, who was made of bitterness and regret. Hazel and Gus weren't quite their usual selves either towards the end. I guess that's what life does to you- it changes you. This was certainly a good thing in TFIOS, because if all the characters were funny, then the book wouldn't be as good. If a book can make you both laugh AND cry, then you know that is a good book.

Don't even ask me what happens in the book that makes people cry if you haven't read it. Because it's EVERY SINGLE FREAKING THING. You know that feeling when you think of a very funny or good moment in the past and you want to cry because you'll never experience it again? That is why.

*I have just watched the movie, which was really good. It did make me cry, but honestly the book was still better.

Brief Review: TFIOS is a much a comedy as a tragedy. The ratio of laughter to tears when reading this book would be 1 to 1. I highly recommend it if you want a book that has you laughing in the beginning and crying at the ending!

Final Rating: 5/5 'Totally Amazing!' ...more

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Jul 25, 2013 Cindy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: to-re-read, heartbreaking-story, unforgettable-story

This book is the most heartbreaking story I have ever read. I have never cried so much while reading a book in my entire life.

This is the first book I've read by John Green and I absolutely adored it. It's been awhile since a story has affected me in a way that no book has ever done.

This is also the first cancer related story I've read. One part of me hated the book for leaving me so utterly heartbroken, while the other part enjoyed reading a story that moved me.

I fell in love with Hazel and A ...more

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Aug 24, 2013 Lynette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Let me just clarify ahead of time, I am not a skilled book reviewer. But I simply must review this book.

A Fault in Our Stars is different from any novel I have ever read.

Normally, I don't cry over books. I read the devastating part and still have a straight face with no tears in sight.

This book had me BAWLING.

Hazel Grace was terminal. Nothing they could do about that. But she met a boy in her dreaded Support Group named Augustus Waters. She asked him why he was staring at her and he replied: "Be ...more

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Aug 18, 2013 Fitkum Kumala rated it it was amazing

At first I didn't want to read this book because I thought it would be another sappy full-of-tears-story-and-characters novel about cancer survivors. I'm really glad I read it anyway because this book is so good. It's been so long since I've read a book that can really make me thinking, laughing out loud, and really crying. I love the characters.
Everybody should read this book. ...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Shelby rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-favorites

I decided, on a whim today, to start A Fault in our Stars by John Green. I picked it up, never put it back down. Here is my book review: EPIC. Period. This is one of those books that you buy and read and then immediately make space for on your shelf of epic books. You may never read it again but every time you look at it you will remember how awed you felt when you finished it.

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Sep 20, 2013 Natty rated it it was amazing

Uplifting and heart-wrenching. A true work of art.

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Apr 05, 2013 -RininTa- rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: done-read, favorites, young-adults-books, 5-stars-books, romance, ya-contemporaries, male-author, read-in-2014

Buddy reads with Amanda! Gosh, this is a sad, heart wrecking, beautifully-written-love story ever! The characters and the story are really really adorable. I start to cried when I reached 1/2 of the pages then I CRIED A LOT when I read Augustus' letter. John Green is so capable in making words and I feel touch with every single words.
I don't know what I've to say again. I lost my words. It's perfect. VERY PERFECT STORY EVER. ...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Sarah rated it it was amazing

I both loved and hated this book. This book is a emotional roller coaster..it made me laugh until my stomach hurt, then weep uncontrollably. The one thing the book really left me with is that life isn't fair, bad things happen to good people, and that you need to live life to the fullest and spend as much time with the people you love as you can.

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