Author: John Green
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Place Published: New York, USA
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Year Published: 2012
No. of Pages: 318
Price: TBA
Place Bought: Fully Booked Rockwell
Synopsis
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16-year-old girl dying from cancer. The cancer cells now live in her lungs, so needs help from an oxygen tank when breathing. Her friend Isaac already lost an eye to cancer and learns that he will soon lose the other eye too.
During one of their cancer support group sessions in “the literal heart of Jesus,” Isaac introduces hazel to his friend and fellow cancer-survivor 17-year-old Augustus Waters, or “Gus” for short. Gus suffers from a kind of cancer called osteosarcoma, and lost his leg because of it. He is the happiest and has the highest chance of survival among the three.
Hazel and Gus get along splendidly from the very beginning, and there seems to be a bit of sexual tension between them too. They spend a lot of time together with and without Isaac. They exchange favorite novels. Hazel lends Gus her copy of An Imperial Affliction, the amazing only novel written by the reclusive Peter Van Houten, while Gus lends Hazel his copy of The Prince of Dawn, the first novel in a science-fiction series filled with blood and death on every page.
An Imperial Affliction is both famous and infamous for its abrupt ending in which its main protagonist and narrator Anna, who suffers from cancer, dies in mid sentence. No clue is given about what happens with the rest of her family, leaving most readers baffled and unsatisfied.
Hazel is inconsolable. She mails letters to Peter Van Houten, but he doesn’t reply. She wants fly to Amsterdam and meet him face-to-face, but she already used her wish (a cancer perk) for a Disneyland trip when she was 13. Fortunately, Gus saved his wish—but will he use it for Hazel?
John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars delves into the lives of cancer-stricken teenagers, their loved ones, and how they cope with this disease together and on their own. It also tells the story of Hazel, Gus, and Isaac, and how friendship and love can give hope amidst despair.
Book Review:
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John Green, the ultimate nerdfighter
Hazel Grace and August Waters are two of the more lovable characters I’ve read about in years. They read books, play video games (two of my favorite pastimes!), and are quite easy to love. They have cancer yet live their lives to the fullest, and in many ways live more than most of us who are just coasting through life.
As the eldest grandchild of my grandparents on my father’s side and the third eldest grandchild on my mother’s side, I did not experience a death in the family until my mom’s dad died last August. He had been bedridden for the last decade or so because he suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and I don’t have many memories of him besides his picking me up from preschool one time, and his teaching me how to play solitaire one night.
These memories may seem few, but they mean so much to me. Most of my cousins don’t even have any memories of him, except of his lying in bed and not speaking anymore. This experience of loss allowed me to appreciate John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars more after reading it another time.
I admire how Hazel and Gus (and even Isaac) always kept positive about life despite their illness. They would feel down at times, but they would always get back up again. I also admire how their families, especially their parents, kept supporting them even though they also hurt emotionally and financially.
Hazel’s parents, in particular, were very inspiring. Her dad was very emotional and cried easily, while her mom was so strong. She spent most of the day taking care of her daughter, driving her to support group meetings, the mall, and so on. Hazel’s mom and dad’s lives were so centered on their daughter having cancer, so Hazel constantly worried what they would do and what would happen to them when she dies.
This is the reason why she was so obsessed with learning what happens to Anna’s family after the end of Peter Van Houten’s An Imperial Affliction. It pains her not knowing to end of the story because in her life, she may end up not knowing what happens to her parents. She won’t know if they stay together or break up, if her mom gets a job or won’t know what to do with her own self and so many other things.
This care and concern Hazel has for her parents despite her being the one dying is truly admirable. She is a wonderful role model for not only young adults, but people of all ages, whatever illnesses or problems they have in life.
My grandmother, a pediatrician, took care of my grandfather all those years he was sick. Now, she continues to take care of others, while still taking time to take care of her own self. I know my grandfather would be so happy if he could see how well my grandmother is doing today.
I recommend The Fault in Our Stars to readers of all ages, who want to understand how death changes everything, and how true and selfless love overcomes even death, and how death is just the beginning of new life.
My Rating:
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Place Published: New York, USA
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Year Published: 2012
No. of Pages: 318
Price: TBA
Place Bought: Fully Booked Rockwell
Synopsis
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16-year-old girl dying from cancer. The cancer cells now live in her lungs, so needs help from an oxygen tank when breathing. Her friend Isaac already lost an eye to cancer and learns that he will soon lose the other eye too.
During one of their cancer support group sessions in “the literal heart of Jesus,” Isaac introduces hazel to his friend and fellow cancer-survivor 17-year-old Augustus Waters, or “Gus” for short. Gus suffers from a kind of cancer called osteosarcoma, and lost his leg because of it. He is the happiest and has the highest chance of survival among the three.
Hazel and Gus get along splendidly from the very beginning, and there seems to be a bit of sexual tension between them too. They spend a lot of time together with and without Isaac. They exchange favorite novels. Hazel lends Gus her copy of An Imperial Affliction, the amazing only novel written by the reclusive Peter Van Houten, while Gus lends Hazel his copy of The Prince of Dawn, the first novel in a science-fiction series filled with blood and death on every page.
An Imperial Affliction is both famous and infamous for its abrupt ending in which its main protagonist and narrator Anna, who suffers from cancer, dies in mid sentence. No clue is given about what happens with the rest of her family, leaving most readers baffled and unsatisfied.
Hazel is inconsolable. She mails letters to Peter Van Houten, but he doesn’t reply. She wants fly to Amsterdam and meet him face-to-face, but she already used her wish (a cancer perk) for a Disneyland trip when she was 13. Fortunately, Gus saved his wish—but will he use it for Hazel?
John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars delves into the lives of cancer-stricken teenagers, their loved ones, and how they cope with this disease together and on their own. It also tells the story of Hazel, Gus, and Isaac, and how friendship and love can give hope amidst despair.
Book Review:
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John Green, the ultimate nerdfighter
Hazel Grace and August Waters are two of the more lovable characters I’ve read about in years. They read books, play video games (two of my favorite pastimes!), and are quite easy to love. They have cancer yet live their lives to the fullest, and in many ways live more than most of us who are just coasting through life.
As the eldest grandchild of my grandparents on my father’s side and the third eldest grandchild on my mother’s side, I did not experience a death in the family until my mom’s dad died last August. He had been bedridden for the last decade or so because he suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and I don’t have many memories of him besides his picking me up from preschool one time, and his teaching me how to play solitaire one night.
These memories may seem few, but they mean so much to me. Most of my cousins don’t even have any memories of him, except of his lying in bed and not speaking anymore. This experience of loss allowed me to appreciate John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars more after reading it another time.
John Green introduces his new novel The Fault in Our Stars
I admire how Hazel and Gus (and even Isaac) always kept positive about life despite their illness. They would feel down at times, but they would always get back up again. I also admire how their families, especially their parents, kept supporting them even though they also hurt emotionally and financially.
Hazel’s parents, in particular, were very inspiring. Her dad was very emotional and cried easily, while her mom was so strong. She spent most of the day taking care of her daughter, driving her to support group meetings, the mall, and so on. Hazel’s mom and dad’s lives were so centered on their daughter having cancer, so Hazel constantly worried what they would do and what would happen to them when she dies.
This is the reason why she was so obsessed with learning what happens to Anna’s family after the end of Peter Van Houten’s An Imperial Affliction. It pains her not knowing to end of the story because in her life, she may end up not knowing what happens to her parents. She won’t know if they stay together or break up, if her mom gets a job or won’t know what to do with her own self and so many other things.
This care and concern Hazel has for her parents despite her being the one dying is truly admirable. She is a wonderful role model for not only young adults, but people of all ages, whatever illnesses or problems they have in life.
My grandmother, a pediatrician, took care of my grandfather all those years he was sick. Now, she continues to take care of others, while still taking time to take care of her own self. I know my grandfather would be so happy if he could see how well my grandmother is doing today.
I recommend The Fault in Our Stars to readers of all ages, who want to understand how death changes everything, and how true and selfless love overcomes even death, and how death is just the beginning of new life.
My Rating:
i love this book, too! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, nerdfighters unite! :)
DeleteOoooh another TFIOS lover! This is, like, my most favorite YA book of all time (and I don't read a lot of YA because, well, I'm not YA anymore haha). I love looking at those shiny, colorful, 5 stars, err, books! :)
ReplyDelete(Hello. :) Hopped on to your blog from a tweet.)
Hi Lynai! Thanks so much for dropping by and leaving a comment. I love John Green's books and YA books. :)
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