Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Format: eBook
Rating: 4.7 / 5.0
It’s been a while since I’ve read realistic fiction so reading
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS was like reading a book of a new genre. I actually saw
this book a couple of times at the local bookstore and until it eventually
topped the bestseller for teens here. Curious (but mostly in search of a good
book), I decided to read it.
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS focuses on two different teenagers
fated by the stars. The main protagonist, Hazel Grace, like any teenager out
there just wants to do normal stuff: go out to parties, drink beer, smoke pot,
etc. The thing is, she’s diagnosed with lung cancer. She thinks she has no
reason to live in this world anymore…until she met Augustus Waters. Who is
Augustus “Gus” Waters, you ask? Only one of the hottest basketball players in
their school with washboard abs, manly biceps and a godly face that’ll make
girls swoon. The book tells us the story of how the two teenagers fall in love
and how they struggle to be with each other even if the stars have different
plans for them.
While it did not make me cry it definitely made me sad and
ask why cancer does nothing but be a bitch in a person’s life. The writing
style wasn’t really fancy, although. Mr. Green might throw some Shakespearean
verses here and there (which I am NOT familiar with). You begin to love the
characters as you finish the book and wish you had the same humor as them.
To conclude, I definitely recommend this masterpiece to
bookworms out there and also to those who are just in need of a good romance.
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