“This book is a work of fiction. I made it
up.” With that the author washes his hands off any and all emotional upheaval
that the reader might possibly go through as she (me) goes through the
twenty-five chapters of this beautifully woven young love story.
“The Fault in our stars” by John Green is a
beautiful young love story. There is the usual uncertainty of the youth about
acceptance, about feelings, about your own body, self image and sensuality;
about life, the future, companionship, love, passion and the infinite
certainty. What’s special you may ask! Well the fact that these are teenagers
dying of cancer and finding love in the short life they have is what’s special!
The characters are all realistic and might
even be children we grew up with or know from down the street. The jokes they
make about life and the cruelty of their prognosis is so ‘in your face’ but
quite believable.
The fact that I read the book before I have
seen the movie might possibly make it less appealing in a theater, but for once
this is a book adapted movie that I want to see. I want to see everything that
Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters saw when they went to Amsterdam. I want to live
the absolutely romantic dinner they had, I want to sit on the park bench with
them and smell the smells of beautiful and quaint Jordaan, I want to pick up
the tiny confetti seeds and thrown them up in the sky and watch them waltz back
down to earth...
A lovely story told simply and beautifully!
(I can’t seem to get enough of the adjective ‘beautiful’ while describing this
book). Having said that, it almost pained me to remember that the characters
are all fictional and there exists no Hazel Grace and no Augustus Walters.
Alas!!!
Nonetheless, I would recommend this book to
all star crossed lovers, all teenagers, anyone looking for a simple quick read
between heavy reading and well just about anyone who wants to kill time with a
book in hand.
Simply said, beautifully written (there
beautiful again) and ironically hilarious at times. Read this book if not for
anyone else but beautiful Hazel Grace and dashing Augustus Waters.
#thefaultinourstars #romance #love
#teenagers #cancer #johngreen #newyorkbestseller #death #loss
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