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Hey Guys,
The reason I started reading The Fault in Our Stars was not because I picked it up in a book shop or came across it online, it was because one of my friends recommended it to me in a maths lesson, having bought it the previous day at the supermarket. All she said to me was that I had to read it, so I did, and I fell in love; which is why I am recommending it to you.
There isn't anything you can't love in this beautiful story about a girl and a boy in what some people would say are unusual circumstances. I have to be honest, I was a little skeptical when I first started to read it as I thought it would be depressing, a little boring and have no reference to what someone with cancer would actually be going through. How wrong was I?! John Green is such a caring and loving writer, and you can see this in his novels, particularly The Fault in Our Stars, with his ability to mix humor and heartache into one without it being too forthright or unrealistic.
I am not a major fan of male authors writing from a female perspective, and vice versa, as I feel that they never seem to get the dialogue and thoughts quite right however by about the third line I was completely engrossed and forgot that John Green is, in fact, male.
My favourite character wasn't Hazel Grace but the charming and ever-real, Augustus Waters. If you were to ask me why, I couldn't say without ruining the storyline for you, but if I were ever to meet someone as delightfully raw as Augustus Waters I would never let go.
I went to go see the movie a couple of weeks ago for my birthday and have to say it definitely did the book justice and I am not ashamed to admit that I did cry several time throughout the showing! Let me know in the comments whether you cried a little, a lot or whether you were as dry as a bone.
I truly believe that The Fault in Our Stars deserves a 5 flower rating, and many books in the future will have a lot to live up to.
You can find John Green here!
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There isn't anything you can't love in this beautiful story about a girl and a boy in what some people would say are unusual circumstances. I have to be honest, I was a little skeptical when I first started to read it as I thought it would be depressing, a little boring and have no reference to what someone with cancer would actually be going through. How wrong was I?! John Green is such a caring and loving writer, and you can see this in his novels, particularly The Fault in Our Stars, with his ability to mix humor and heartache into one without it being too forthright or unrealistic.
I am not a major fan of male authors writing from a female perspective, and vice versa, as I feel that they never seem to get the dialogue and thoughts quite right however by about the third line I was completely engrossed and forgot that John Green is, in fact, male.
My favourite character wasn't Hazel Grace but the charming and ever-real, Augustus Waters. If you were to ask me why, I couldn't say without ruining the storyline for you, but if I were ever to meet someone as delightfully raw as Augustus Waters I would never let go.
I went to go see the movie a couple of weeks ago for my birthday and have to say it definitely did the book justice and I am not ashamed to admit that I did cry several time throughout the showing! Let me know in the comments whether you cried a little, a lot or whether you were as dry as a bone.
I truly believe that The Fault in Our Stars deserves a 5 flower rating, and many books in the future will have a lot to live up to.
You can find John Green here!
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