"The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green is the best YA book I have read. Ever. Everyone has either read it, seen it, or heard about it. It's about two teenagers with cancer. Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus "Gus" Waters. John Green is an amazing writer and I don't like him very much for that reason.
He is able to write a book from the point of a teenage girl SO, SO well. What's more, is that this teenage girl has cancer in her lungs. I could say so many things about such a small book. Okay? Okay. This is obviously a tragic love story. It's also realistic fiction. It's a work of literary genius. Every word is carefully crafted and the tone and the mood of every line is so clearly conveyed. It feels like you ARE Hazel. and it feels like you're feeling what she's feeling.
I read the book in 3 days. I COULD NOT put this book down, like it was glued to my face. It's a metaphor. Every page is a roller coaster of emotion and everything is flawlessly written. Gus and Hazel are teenagers. They walk, talk, sound, behave, and look like normal teenagers would. They are stressed. Both respond like any normal teen would. They cry. They break things. They cry more. They talk. And cry more.
There is so much humor and happiness in the book as well. The characters are all funny and they all have unique personalities that are so perfectly illustrated. The book shines a light on other problems besides break ups and bad test grades and mean parents. It brings this side of life out of the shadows.
I seriously recommend this book to everyone ever. It's the kind of book that will be good to have on your read list
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