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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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.
ReplyDeleteI 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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