The fault in our stars is about a young cancer patient called Hazel, her
mother is a very supportive character unlike her daughter who prefers to read in bed. Hazel agrees to go to a support group where she meets Isaac and Augustus, Isaac has a form of cancer in his eye and Augustus is a cancer survivor there for Isaac. Augustus and Hazel lock eyes on each other during the group session and start talking afterwards. Soon they become very close and learn to like the same things, Augustus emails one of Hazel's favourite authors and after much time debating, arguing and emails, Hazel and Augustus go to Amsterdam to meet the author, towards the end of the book Augustus and Hazel declare their love for each other but… plot twist. In a way they switch places, as Hazel gets a little bit better Augustus gets worse and then eventually…
My favourite character is Hazel because she has managed to overcome so much and still find love, travel, be a teenager and be able to live a longish happy life. Even when she was told "no" she managed to overcome the challenging time of surviving cancer, she is also a really caring character in the book. Hazel really makes you feel like if you try hard enough you can achieve whatever you want.
I would rate this book 4 out of 5 because it is truly a good book but also it is one of the saddest books I've ever read. It made me laugh it made me cry and I think that anyone 10+ would thoroughly enjoy this book.
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