The Fault In Our Stars | John Green | Book Review
It drew right through realism to give us all the unsettling but beautiful feeling of being alive and in love until death comes in the play.
“The world is not a wish-granting factory,”
So here we are again. Yes, you got me right! Reading realistic young adult fiction is really my thing and I can't deny this fact anymore. All the books which I read in this genre have a reputation as a heartbreaker. "The Fault In Our Stars" is a romantic drama that shows how love can be beautiful but also unsettling when faced with death.
Storyline
Hazel Grace knows that she is going to die. If not today, then maybe in months or a couple of years. She, her family, and her friends all know this terrible fact that she is going to die young. They diagnosed her with thyroid cancer at the age of 13 and she survived and came off at the age of 16 now. And she is still surviving and breathing. The drug that saves her life rarely works for most cancer patients, but luckily it works for her. Her lungs don't work well, so she needs an oxygen cylinder named Philip with her all the time. So life isn't a bit normal for her.
From the day they diagnosed her with cancer, everything about her and her world changed. Cancer hasn't just affected her, but everything around her. She has no social life at sixteen. Hazel joined a cancer support group and met Augustus Waters. He was unblinkingly staring at her.
They had a staring contest, and Hazel emerged as the winner. Augustus Waters has a great muscular physique, a charming face, and an unavoidable and highly intriguing crooked smile. He has a cool and zealous attitude and a metaphorical philosophy, which is his hamartia until something else surpasses it.
Review
This is about life, death, illness, love, friendship, heroism, and how a sixteen-year-old is supposed to deal with the fact that she will die young and leave all the people whom she loves devastated. It is depressing and agonizing for one to accept that he/she is going to die and until death does not come, they will fight heroically.
Cancer patients fight not only the disease but also their own thoughts and decisions every day. It is about the parents and friends who have to cope with the fact that the one who they love and know is going to die young. It is the ugliest feeling in the world to see your children die in front of your eyes and find yourself completely helpless in the situation. No matter what you do, you can't save them.
This is about a boy who desperately wants to leave a long-lasting mark on the world before he dies. He philosophies heroism a lot, mostly while playing video games. He sacrifices his life to save others.
Everything about this book is real, especially the disease. Instead of giving you the hackneyed bullshit about dying gracefully, the author John Green makes you feel how Hazel's lungs are struggling to breathe and how she is battling and grappling with continuous physical and mental pain. The author makes us see all the disgust and misery which comes with this disease.
Recommendation
It is not a cancer book. It is a personal book by the author. He used to work with cancer patients. So it was his dream to write such a book. This is a book about the young who go through cancer and how it affects their family and friends, and how it affects the mental and physical condition of cancer patients. And how a little love of someone can make your limited life infinite. So I recommend this book to everyone. Just read it.
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The Fault In Our Stars
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