The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars
By: John Green
Rating: ****(4.5)

Although I must say I regret reading this novel because of the harsh ending that, although I saw it coming, I begged for the ending to never come. I had this book recommended to me a million times before I actually went to my local bookstore and picked it up, unknowing of what laid between the covers. By the time I had closed the back cover i had accumulated about a bucket load of tears that had fallen from my eyes.
Hazel Grace is a typical teenage girl, though she has one discrepancy against others her age, she had cancer and is forever marked with the scar of her treatment with the inability to have lungs that do their job the way they are supposed to. Her mother, Mrs. Lancaster, forces Hazel into going to a support group in the "heart of Jesus" as the members of the support group call the basement of the church. During the support session Hazel meets an attractive ex-soccer player named Augustus Waters who takes a quick liking to Hazel. At first, Hazel refuses to take her relationship any farther because of how her death might affect the lives of those around her. She changes her mind early on when Augustus uses his one "Wish" to send Hazel and himself to Amsterdam so they are able to visit Hazel's favorite author, Peter Van Houton.
John Green does an amazing job in defining each character with their own unique personality that they develop throughout the novel. With each chapter that passes, the reader becomes more and more attached to every character.
Even though I loved reading this book, I regret reading it. I regret reading this novel because of the depression it cased me afterward. I have come to the realization that life doesn't last forever and that it can end too quickly for our own good. I do not recommend The Fault in Our Stars for readers who are weak hearted and don't enjoy novels with an ending they will forever loathe. Other than those readers, anyone will enjoy this book for how alive it becomes.

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