If you haven’t read John Green’s award winning novel, The Fault in Our Stars, you are missing out on a very good read. Of course, that is to be expected from a New York Times bestselling author, a man with 11 million twitter followers and the co-owner of vlogbrothers. Most fellow book lovers I’ve recommended it to really found it something special.
“It was an amazing read! It really gives you a different perspective on how people feel! It’s sad sometimes though, and you get really attached to the characters,” says Ashlyn Perry, a student at Bob Jones High School.
Out of all his books, my personal favorite was always The Fault in Our Stars. His characters are absolutely unforgettable, full of wit, realism, and humor. In a sad and humorous way, Green manages to give cancer a more human side rather than the hard statistics we are so often confronted with.
With such a controversial subject, it makes it all the more original. This is a love story rarely felt or acknowledged by the world, and it only works because of how well developed the characters are.
The witty banter back and forth between the cancer riddled in Hazel and the young and ambitious Augustus pulls the reader into their world, almost like they can hear the characters laughing back and forth. However, this novel isn’t all about being humorous during sad circumstances.
Green brings to light the emotions that kids go through when they’re dying of cancer in a way that really allows the reader to empathize with them. He shows the struggles of parents knowing that they will have to bury their kid, rather than the other way around.
This is a novel that demands to be read; it commandeers the brain and puts you on a roller coaster of emotions. It’s a novel that lets somebody walk a mile in somebody else’s shoes. It’s, dare I say it, genius.
