Despite this being a work of fiction, John Green confronts the unspeakable truths of the universe in his latest literary triumph! Love, loss and laughter all combined into one emotional rollercoaster.
Admittedly I was apprehensive when first hearing talk of the next teen franchise The Fault in our Stars. By the time they released the film trailer I was still reluctant to be another fish swimming in John Green's extensive sea of fans.
Finally, a girl who couldn't even make it past chapter 3 of The Hunger Games before giving up had read the book before me. That persuaded me to read it. What more can I say, from the first page I was hooked, caught on the metaphorical fishing line that is Green's captivating use of words.
As a synopsis, the book is written from the perspective of Hazel Grace Lancaster. A teenager diagnosed as terminal, due to the forever flowering tumours in her lungs. Her prescription to Phalanxifor has bought her a few years, but Hazel knows she's a grenade. Spurred by this inevitable truth Hazel struggles for seclusion, yet upon meeting Augustus Waters her fate is about to change forever...
Green wisely writes: "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world... but you do have some say in who hurts you." Truly this is an epic love story that highlights not the fault in ourselves, but the fault in our stars.
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