The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I don’t normally read this sort of true-life adventure, I’m more of a spec-fic kind of girl. But man, am I ever glad I read this one.
The antithesis of a thousand sugar-coated “very special” episodes, “uplifting” tales of courage and message-heavy movies of the week, The Fault in Our Stars takes kids with cancer and presents them to us as real human beings; funny, angry, annoying and delightfully sarcastic.
While TFiOS did have me reaching for the tissue more than once, it isn’t a tear-jerker. I never felt manipulated. I fell in love with Hazel and Augustus because of who they were, not what they’d suffered.
I did have one concern as I read it however, and that was, “How the hell is this thing going to end on anything other than a very depressing note?” C’mon, kids with cancer! Funny now, devastating later, right? Oh me of little faith. I closed the book feeling completely content; some scenes left unplayed and some conclusions yet to be reached, but all my questions answered.
Will I read it all again? Absolutely. This one’s a keeper.
