The Fault in Our Stars-Summer Oliver

[Summer]

The book I read is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I give the book 5 out of 5 stars because I thought John Green constructed the book in a fantastic way and had my emotions running wild. The book is mainly set in Indiana and the trip they take in the middle of the book is in Amsterdam. The characters are Hazel Grace, Augustus Waters, Isaac, Peter Van Houten, Lidewij Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Waters, Patrick, and Kaitlyn. The plot of The Fault in Our Stars is that the main character Hazel Grace has cancer that affects her lungs so she has to have an oxygen on her twenty four seven. Hazel meets Augustus at support group which he automatically fell for her. Augustus had cancer some time ago which resulted into amputating one of his legs. Throughout the story Hazel and Augustus connect and get to know each other very well. One thing they particularly connected to is a book named An Imperial Affliction which they refer to as A.I.A. it was written by Peter Van Houten which they visited during the book in Amsterdam though the confrontation didn’t go very well. It ends up Augustus has cancer again but all over it’s just matter of time. In the end Augustus dies and Hazel has to learn to accept. The problem in this book is that Hazel doesn’t let people get close because if she dies she doesn’t want to hurt those people. The solution is that Augustus shows her it’s okay. The theme is don’t fear oblivion or the unknown.
What I learned from this story is that being sick shouldn’t control your life you need to live your life the best way possible or why live it at all. From my perspective I loved this book I could read it again. It gave me an understanding about life and more guidance. My overall comment would be that everyone should take their time to read this book.

[Sheri]

It's not personally my type of book, but I am glad that you enjoyed it. I know that a lot happens, but you summarized it pretty well. Could you predict what was going to happen before it finally happened? What did you think of the author, Peter Van Houten and how he acted towards Hazel and Augustus?