I love the fact that they are so thoughtful, the terminality of their life forcing them to ponder the bigger, unanswerable questions of life. Hazel and Augustus are not strangers to pain, and their individual fears are so real, warranted and heartfelt that they gut you, because you know as the reader that in a book about two kids with cancer, a happy ending is not fated in the stars.
It’s so special watching two kindred spirits, two clever quirky people, connect so completely. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.” “I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. Augustus quickly becomes someone she cares about and she’s afraid she’ll leave him wounded in her battle too. However, it’s not the pain that plagues her, it’s the fear of leaving those she loves behind… leaving them to be shells of who they used to be. Hazel has already survived so much, permanently living in pain, fighting for every breath, every single moment of her life. Augustus is immediately captivated by Hazel and the two form a friendship that was fated to be so much more. He’s a friend of Issac, another friend in the support group who lost an eye at a young age and has recently been told that his other eye must be removed, leaving him to be permanently blind. I will not tell you our love story, because-like all real love stories-it will die with us, as it should.”Īugustus “Gus” Waters lost his right leg to osteosarcoma and is now in remission. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears. Augustus Waters was the great sat-crossed love of my life. And it’s at this support group where she one day meets the boy who would change her life. She walks around with an oxygen tank and a cannula affixed to her nostrils at all times, helping to deliver air to her “lungs that sucked at being lungs.” She’s an intelligent, thoughtful girl who challenges the expected cancer platitudes espoused by the non-sick who mean well, but in the end, are only successful in making the sick feel like “others.” Forced to contemplate the sadness and reality of her imminent demise, as well as of those around her, she questions the usefulness of her cancer support group, where despite challenged to “live her best life today,” names read off a list of those whom are no longer there, make it evident that you can only cheat death for so long. This is a story that is simultaneously complex and simple…we see introspective, esoteric reveries juxtaposed with the irrefutable reality that dying simply sucks. And perhaps most significantly, I love that he was able to engender this story that so completely captured my heart, then shattered it into a million little pieces and was nonetheless able to deliver a thoughtful, honest glimpse into the painful world of cancerverse. I loved that he captured the transcendental and deep musings of insightful teenagers, particularly those whom are terminally sick and suddenly find themselves short of time and forced to more seriously ponder the profound and interminable questions that plague their thoughts. Eliot (the poem mentioned at one point, The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock is one of my all-time favorites). I loved that John Green didn’t talk down to his young adult readers, but rather banked on their intelligence, referencing greats like William Carlos Williams and T.S. I loved seeing the witty dialogue come to life through elegant and elaborate syntax. So many elements… so many big things and subtle things. There are so many things I LOVED about this book. My Review “But it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he has Cassius note, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves.” Buy The Fault In Our Stars: Amazon | Amazon UK | B&Nĭespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.īut when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.Related Posts: 2013 Favorites, 2013 Favorite Singles, 6-Star Books, Emotional Powerhouses, Unforgettable Romances.Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Praise it has garnered, I will never forget the gripping story of “side effects of dying.” Beautifully written and deserving of all the Story of love and friendship, loss and surviving the difficult An emotional, powerful, piercing and heartfelt
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