The Fault In Our Stars
By John Green
The Fault In Our Stars, a novel by John Green, is captivating, romantic, and tragic. The main character is named Hazel Grace; Hazel is a normal teenager although she has been sick with cancer for the majority of her life. When the book begins, the reader learns of Hazel’s loneliness and depression. As the book progresses Hazel starts making friends in her weekly health support group. One friend, in particular, named Augustus, makes a huge impact on Hazel’s life. Augustus (Gus for short) has a very flirtatious sense of humor and is very kind to Hazel. Gus and Hazel go on adventures, romantic dates, and quickly fall in love. Together these two characters go through a lot. The end of the book has a huge twist that the reader does not expect at all.
John Green is an excellent author. Throughout this book, I enjoyed his wide range of vocabulary and great metaphors which form strong sentences to create a lot of imagery. One famous line from the book reads, “..I’m like a grenade. I’m a grenade and at some point, I’m going to explode and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?” (Green 99) Another reason this book really stood out to me is that there are a lot of underlying meanings behind the lines the characters say that cause the reader to think and interpret their own understandings. When Gus and Hazel were talking Gus put a cigarette between his lips which made hazel freak out. Augustus told her, “It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do it’s killing.” (Green 20) One thing I especially liked was how relatable the entire story is to teenagers or anyone who enjoys teen romance novels. This book is very hopeful and teaches the reader that no matter how horrible life gets, it can always get better. The author did an amazing job of making the reader feel as if they were able to predict the characters every next step through foreshadowing, which really built up for the shocking surprise towards the end of the book. This book will make you laugh, smile, and cry with the characters passionate love and emotion. I would really recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a quick read and love-stories.
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