The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
My enjoyment rating: 3 of 5 stars
Source: Personal copy
Genre: YA Fiction
For the sensitive reader: premarital sex; some language (I think?)
Hazel and Augustus -- both with cancer, both in love, both trying to live longer than expected.
This was a smart, brave, emotional journey of two teenagers who are fighting for one more day with each other.
It was a tender love story -- with very adult situations and results.
Only complaint: their obsession with a reclusive author, whom they track down in Sweden. He is a drunk and dysfunctional. For me, it was awkward and unsatisfying.
The last few pages of the book include one of the best "love letters" ever. Cue tissues.
*(It's been several weeks since I finished this book -- and a vacation too -- hence the brevity -- my brain only retains so much).
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2 comments:
I think my rating of this one would be right about where yours is. Some of my friends raved and raved....me, not so much.
I have been wanting to read this for a long time. I want to get to it soon. It's good to read an honest review, like yours, though. Thanks!
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