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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Source: Personal (signed!) copy
Finished: 1/15/12
Rating: 10 out of 10
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages: 336
Published: 2012
Challenges: 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge, What’s in a Name 5 (“A book with something you’d see in the sky in the title”)
Synopsis (from the Book Description): Despite the tumor-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. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Overall Impression: There are about a million blog reviews of this highly anticipated new release, and every single one of them I have read has been overwhelmingly positive. The reviews speak of Green’s uncanny ability to craft a cancer story that isn’t really about cancer, how he builds characters full of so much presence, and how it is nearly impossible not to fall head over heels in love with nearly all the characters in the book (yes, Hazel and Augustus, but also their parents — oh, Hazels dad just about brought me to my knees — and their close friend Isaac). All these things are so true. I felt like Hazel and Augustus (and Isaac) are the teenagers that we all want teenagers to be (minus the cancer part…and maybe the having sex part). They are thoughtful, they are grateful, they are determined, they are strong, they create clever Venn diagrams. They read books, they understand loss, pain, and anger, they love their parents. But they also play video games and watch America’s Next Top Model, so we know that they are actual real teenagers. I think this is what made this such a great novel for me — Green’s characters were some of the most memorable teenagers I’ve read in a long time. I felt like it was a privilege to know them.
Positives: Really, it’s one of the best YA novels I’ve ever read. Yes, it’s a tear-jerker (come on, it’s kids with cancer…), but really, it’s incredibly hopeful.
Negatives: A bit of the dialogue suffers from Dawson’s-Creek-itis (I actually had to look up a couple words), and every once in a while the plot feels a bit contrived. These are tiny negatives. Ignore them. Read this book.
Other books I’ve read by John Green: An Abundance of Katherines (review)
Other blogger opinions:
Avid Reader’s Musings: “…he turns a story about cancer, death and the desire to be remembered into one about living and first love and favorite novels.”
For Love and Books: “In fact, this may be one of my top ten books of all time. I cannot say how much I loved it.”
KellyVision: “There are not enough superlatives for this, or for Hazel and Augustus or for any of the other characters in this book.
