The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Young Adult
Pages: 316
Published By: Penguin on 3rd March, 2022
Format: Paperback
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Book Synopsis:
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.
Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.
But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Book Review
I’m ashamed to say that this book had been on my TBR for 5 years up until this point… I watched the film years ago and enjoyed it. Therefore, I was intrigued to see what I would think of the book itself.
Although I went into the book knowing exactly what would happen, I enjoyed how the first half kept a generally light-hearted tone despite the grim situation. I found myself giggling at Augustus and Isaac’s dry humour. Even as the story grew more serious, the author still sprinkled in some humour.
The pacing of this book is good as it literally took me 2 days to read. Now I usually find YA books quick to read. However, this one turned into a real page-turner even though I knew what would happen. I grew quite invested in the main characters and their love story, which made me want to keep reading.
From the subject matter I knew that it would be sad and I thought I would end up sobbing… but I didn’t. I found myself tearing up/getting emotional at parts towards the end but it wasn’t particularly for the characters. It was more for the crappy situation that they were in. Cancer sucks!
The book is beautifully written, and its metaphors hit with real power. I don’t normally annotate in books but I couldn’t help myself with this one. — some quotes just hit me right in the feels. In my opinion, Green did a wonderful job with this book at tackling quite a difficult topic.
My only critiqueโand the reason I didnโt give it five starsโis that the frequent use of the word โsaidโ became distracting at times. It felt very repetitive. I think if Green had been a bit more creative with how characters said things it could have added more texture to the conversations.
Overall, I think book will stay with me for many years to come. Iโm so glad I finally stopped neglecting this book!
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