Am I the only one who hates this book with burning passion? Showing 1,551-1,600 of 1,640

[NL]

People are recommending the fault in our stars to people in school and I'm just like....ewww.. Just..No.

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Ayesha wrote: "I happily bought the hardcover of The Fault in our stars back in December 2012 after seeing the high average GR ratings and raving reviews saying how beautiful, life-changing, thought-provoking and..."

I didn't even get to finish it and I really dislike not finishing books, but this one I found too annoying. I hated Hazel,her attitude, everything. What I found most irritating is that I had to read about how Augustus had really blue eyes about 5 times(maybe I'm exaggerating a bit here, or not, I can't really remember) in 2 pages. The plot was weak, the characters were annoying. I honestly would have set that book on fire if it weren't borrowed.

[Sophia]

Neats wrote: "I wasn't blown away by this book either. It was my first John Green novel and I'm not sure that I would choose to read another one in hurry."

I agree. This book was way too hyped up. I didn't like Hazel. Makes the book hard to get through. I agree with a lot of the other opinions too.

[Mochaspresso]

Given the personality that he puts forth in his blog and vlogs, I doubt that John Green would post under an alter ego. His ego seems to be in tact and possibly even a wee bit inflated. If it were him, I think he'd do it on his own website and/or blog and in his own name.

[Som]

People don't always like the books for their literary versatility. At some parts they could relate emotionally or simply just enjoy..
YA degrades your English anyways (junk food lit), so whoever said 'reviewing/writing a thing about it'; please, it's not a Proust book. I'd have had a fraction of respect for you, if you defended your hatred 'this far' towards, let's say 'Rebecca' or 'Jane Eyre'...Showing concerns about literature through TFiOS, isn't a good look..

That being said, still, most of the points some of you pathetically made, my god, it's derogatory to common sense let alone ratiocination..Makes me mad some of you are 20+ (and still a consumer); shit one you hags is almost 30! who thinks any guy who likes this book and posts here is John Green? wtf?

And stop with the tampon throwing; I'm almost buried and red for nothing..sheesh..you fake, imperious dolts. Your absurd monomania seems fabricated, covert attention *****s; quit being butthurt and hostile for every comment that doesn't heil hitler with you in unison...

Aly, go munch another bag of ***ks, may ameliorate your potty mouth (with your next profanity laced reply attempt..)

(Wear that tinfoil back and report yourselves for being astronomically dumb, arrogant..)

[Som]

oooo fast and feisty as always lol.....and where did I say 'dicks' in my prev post? :/

[Emily]

@Som- it's not our fault that you're butthurt over people not liking your precious book. you don't have to be an asshole to people because they have a different opinion to you. plus, it's pointless to cover up dicks or whores with asterisks because it doesn't change the fact that you're saying it. just because you cover it up doesn't mean you're any less of a hypocrite.

[Som]

I left those blank for the lack of words...smh..why abusing yourself? wow

[Som]

Enh no liez..Well, Aly, Emily; have a nice day. me off for now.

(Retaliate while saying my name more than 3 times and I may come back again lol)

[Siobhan]

Thanks for growing the thread, @Som, you look as ridiculous as ever! Do enjoy you calling YA brain rot as you promote the, uh, "quality" of this particular YA book. The hypocrisy is hurting, I'm laughing so hard.

@Aly, ignore the noise. You're awesome and have great taste and shouldn't let little men with inferiority complexes get to you. Those who turn personal never have a constructive argument. Since Som started personal, I'd imagine it's because he has nothing of relevance or consequence to say.

[NL]

@Som
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NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOUR OPINION.

[A]

Hey Aly, you're amazing!
I can't stop laughing hard at the stupidity of Som. What a fidiot!

[A]

@Nimotalai
Your comment is spot on.
Hahahaha!

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Ayesha wrote: "@Nimotalai
Your comment is spot on.
Hahahaha!"
All it needs is a cat meme to accompany it.

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I only read TFiOS because I wanted to find out what that goddamn "Okay? Okay" thing was all about.

[Patricia]

Please get help.

[Jen]

Haha, everyone so sensitive. People have the right to their own opinion and if they didn't like it, so what? No one loves every single book they've read and every single book will have people who did not like it. Don't go around being horrible to people because of their certain opinions on a book.

[Gabriela]

I am sorry but this is my favorite book in the whole wide world. I mean you have to feel very sorry when you find out about Hazel, but then what happened to Augustus. Also, if you didn't cry at the end of the book then that means that you DIDN'T GET IT!!!

[Megan]

To be honest I had high hopes for this book. It did grab me at some points but in general I was a bit disappointed. I'm not sure if it was Green's writing style or the plot..I will have to read another book written by him to be sure of which it is.
I am most definitely not saying this is the worst book out there. I was disappointed but not overly. It is a nice book to curl up with.

[NL]

Gabriela wrote: "I am sorry but this is my favorite book in the whole wide world. I mean you have to feel very sorry when you find out about Hazel, but then what happened to Augustus. Also, if you didn't cry at the..."

I did get it. I can understand English- very well thank you, But it's still shit.

[Natalie]

I never knew that there would be people out there who hated TFIOS too! Everyone I know seems to be head over heels for this but I really don't get the hype. I mean at first I thought it was just an okay book, but nothing to make a deal out of, you know? But as the months went on my hatred for TFIOS just grew and now I just can't stand it. I hate everything about it. I hate the stupid, pretentious quotes that are either corny or are supposed to be deep and meaningful but just make no sense. I hate that "okay?" "okay" shit that seems to be EVERYWHERE.I hate the stupid references to the stupid book that Hazel was gaga over and I hate that stupid Van Whatshisface who wrote it. And most of all I hate Hazel and Augustus's relationship. I am so not going to watch the movie.

[Karune]

Ayesha wrote: "Aly wrote: "This book made me so angry. Like, I can't even explain. I think AIA would make a better book than this.

Fair enough, there are those who like this book, and I don't blame them, because..."

Ayesha wrote: "I happily bought the hardcover of The Fault in our stars back in December 2012 after seeing the high average GR ratings and raving reviews saying how beautiful, life-changing, thought-provoking and..."

It shows how cancer patients really feel. They're brave kids trying to do what they can.

Give me one reason why this book ISN'T good. I can give you many.

[NL]

Addison wrote: "Ayesha wrote: "Aly wrote: "This book made me so angry. Like, I can't even explain. I think AIA would make a better book than this.

Fair enough, there are those who like this book, and I don't blam..."

His writing is awful, the characters are dull, it doesn't portray the hardships of cancer aptly, it's predictable, extremely clichè, and it's not thought provoking in any way or form.
Need any more reasons?

[Siobhan]

Gabriela wrote: "I am sorry but this is my favorite book in the whole wide world. I mean you have to feel very sorry when you find out about Hazel, but then what happened to Augustus. Also, if you didn't cry at the..."

Does it? Or does it mean JG can't yank our chain? Some people just don't cry at books.

But I'm very sorry it's your favourite book as well.

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Aly∞ wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Please get help."

Please remove yourself from existence."
LOL!

[Lauren]

I think everyone is allowed their opinion.
I liked the book, but I don't really get all the hype about it myself.
As much as I liked it when I read it, it's not one of his best books.
It just happens to cover a topic everyone is super sensitive on so they think if someone doesn't like it they're evil. (Which I do not believe at all.)
Sorry to burst bubbles, but it's just a book.
Yes, words can move the soul. But at the end of the day, it's just a book. To be perceived in many different ways. So, love it or hate it, it's no reason to insult people over.

[Daniela]

I didn't hate it, it was ok to me so. I don't understand why people were making such a big deal out of it, i mean, it's a nice story but that's it. I didn't cry, i was actually expecting that ending, it was kind of obvious to me. Definetly an overrated book.

[Matilda]

Very over rated. I kinda have to think that some of the hype is people who genuinely enjoyed it (good for you) and the rest just selected morons of the tumblr generation trying to make themselves look all deep and philosophical and meaningful in their tortured souls because if they don't like the book people will call them shallow. People who've never encountered genuine, thought provoking literature that is. Ugh. I hate this stigma that if you don't like a book, particularly one with a) cancer or another form of physical/mental illness or b) an attempt at deep philosophy (Bang and bang, TFIOS) you don't 'get' it. Chances are you're perfectly capable of comprehending the novel, you just don't enjoy it. Or, amazingly, have read much better. I don't know that TFIOS is the worst book I've ever read, I just get annoyed at the amount of hype that goes on about it. Because it certainly is no where near one of the best. Other containing the classic John Green formula including dream pixie girl and pretentious wordy boy, it's full of unrealistic, sometimes convoluted, usually idiotic dialogue sequences, tacky writing, cliches, predictability, and a total misunderstanding of what a metaphor is and how to use one correctly. I actually could not believe how impressively stupid that was. Ugh. However, I will see the film, because hopefully having to have real life people act out the rubbishy parts will smooth it over a little and give it a bit more of a human touch, and most of my problems with John Green are with his writing. I can live with a bit of a boring plot line, so long as I have beautiful writing. So yeah. I didn't like this book when I read it. Listening to everyone else raving about it as if they are just so enlightened after reading it, and it's just so incredible and gut-wrenching and thought provoking started to make me hate it. When, after years of hope, the vampire romance section of the bookstore got replaced by contemporary YA, and I saw that it was every one of John Green's tacky and all the same books right from Looking for Alaska to An Abundance of Katherines, I was mortified. And burning up with passionate hatred, as the title suggests. :P Sorry guys. Like this book if you will. Don't call me an idiot for not loving it. I've read many a better book dealing with similar content matter in a much more sensitive way. And many a book dealing with less sensitive issues and more beautiful writing has induced tears. But let me tell you, if I see a multitude of look-at-my-tortured-soul-through-my-eyes-to-show-you-how-philosophical-i-am teenagers with unlit cigarettes in their mouths walking around, I'm gonna blow up.

[Matilda]

Addison wrote: "Ayesha wrote: "Aly wrote: "This book made me so angry. Like, I can't even explain. I think AIA would make a better book than this.

Fair enough, there are those who like this book, and I don't blam..."

Seriously? You came to page 46 of a thread listing the numerous ways in which people have found faults in The Fault in Our Stars (haha) and you ask someone to give you one reason? Can't decide if laziness or idiocy, my friend.

[Emma]

Ayesha wrote: "I happily bought the hardcover of The Fault in our stars back in December 2012 after seeing the high average GR ratings and raving reviews saying how beautiful, life-changing, thought-provoking and..."

If you ever said that to me in person, I'd probably bash you against a wall twice. I'm not hating on you, but wow, holy mother of g was that an angry opinion. I personally feel this way about Paper Towns. One of the worst books I've ever in my life bothered to read. It was so boring, I, like you, got angry and shoved it on my book shelf to collect dust.

TFIOS however was one of the best books I have ever read. I just don't understand how an author can write a magnificent book like this, to writing Paper Towns... haha :p

[Elin]

I love this book <3

[Maja]

I love TFIOS!

[Emma]

Aly∞ wrote: "Emma wrote: "If you ever said that to me in person, I'd probably bash you against a wall twice. I'm not hating on you, but wow, holy mother of g was that an angry opinion."

How is that not hating,..."

idk lol

[Emily]

@Emma, Maja and Elin-

We don't care if you like the book. You liking the book won't change anyone's opinions. Why do you comment about how much you love the book when no one else here gives a shit, I don't know.
This is a forum for people who did not like the book. Please respect that.

Emma- that's so rude and very much considered "hating". Would you find it hateful if I told you that I wanted to shove you into a wall because you liked The Fault in Our Stars? Yes? Alright then. No one here has been disrespectful towards you because you do like the book, and this is a thread full of people who do not like the book. You don't need to be rude.

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Aly∞ wrote: "@Matilda: I'm going to agree with both your comments because they are spot on. The hype is misleading. I think I saw more TFIOS references on Tumblr than any other book ever. Because it's "Indie" a..."
omfg

[Emma]

Emily wrote: "@Emma, Maja and Elin-

We don't care if you like the book. You liking the book won't change anyone's opinions. Why do you comment about how much you love the book when no one else here gives a shit..."

Actually, you've got the wrong impression. You've misheard me. I wasn't intending to be rude. I was simply saying what I thought - and I don't care if you don't like the book. I really, really don't. 'Everyone has their own opinions' right? Okay? Okay.

[Justyna]

Emma wrote: "Emily wrote: "@Emma, Maja and Elin-

We don't care if you like the book. You liking the book won't change anyone's opinions. Why do you comment about how much you love the book when no one else her..."

But why posting here? This thread is for people that DIDN't enjoy the book...

[Emma]

Justyna wrote: "Emma wrote: "Emily wrote: "@Emma, Maja and Elin-

We don't care if you like the book. You liking the book won't change anyone's opinions. Why do you comment about how much you love the book when no..."

Yes

[Ólöf]

I had to force myself to finish this book and same with Looking for Alaska, I don't hate the books but I am not very fond of them. I had high hopes for The Fault in Our Stars and was a bit disappointed, but I had almost no expectations for Looking for Alaska but still it was kind of dull, of course these books are sad, but I feel like they are so slow and simple. They were also saying that the Fault in Our stars was the most amazing love story of the century ... but I can't agree at all, I can think of many books with much better love stories than this one.

[Emily]

@Emma- you may have not intended to be rude, but you were actually being really rude. You said that you would bash her into a wall twice because she said she didn't like TFiOS! That really does make you look like you care that people don't like the book. We're entitled to our opinions just like you are, but no one told you anything rude, while you were threatening to shove Ayesha into a wall twice.

[Siobhan]

Matilda, I think I love you, just for your posts. Spot on!

And ugh, 'most amazing love story'. When did they fall in love again? I saw Hazel using Gus for his wish and Gus using Hazel so he didn't have to be alone but last I checked, you don't use the people you love.

[Emma]

@ Emily you're right. I don't care about any of you, like or hate the book. But you shouldnt take that to heart. You don't know me, I don't know you. Don't let things like this get the better of you.

[Emma]

Then why are you laughing?

[Emma]

Who says I find it funny?

[Emily]

@Emma- If you didn't care, then why the hell would you come on this thread and threaten people because they didn't like the book?????

[Emma]

Sometimes I think it's a good idea to just

[Emma]

No, what I was going to say was

[Emily]

@Aly- i think it would be a good idea if she finished writing that sentence. It would be a better idea if she just left this forum.

[Emma]

Emily I believe if you say

[Emily]

@Emma- what is that? you didn't finish your sentence again.