Book Reviews

The Fault In Our Stars

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green

You know, there's a moment in a book when I just sigh to myself and murmur, "I'm in love". That's the precise moment when I fall in love with a book. No, not literally (duh) but figuratively. Those are the books I constantly reread. Those are my favorite books.

And, admittedly, I have that moment with 9/10 of the books I read. I know, I'm a book whore.

While I read this, not once did that happen. I give him credit though. He wrote a good book. Very well written.  It's just that it wasn't my cup of tea. To me, there just was something missing. Passion, maybe?

Now, I'm a person that can read anything and still find things that are awesome about it. I read history, mystery, romance, horror, everything so it isn't that this particular genre was unappealing. I just didn't like the book itself. I wouldn't reread it and frankly, I found it a bit boring with occasional bouts of interesting writing and humor (it was the type of humor that almost makes you want to chuckle but... not quite). At least, the first half was a bit boring. But it just wasn't worth it. It was... mediocre.

You may call me a jerk, cause you know, it's a cancer book. It isn't that I'm undermining cancer. It's just that this book isn't all that great and you can't guilt me into saying that it is.

The word choice is elegant, way too elegant to fit in a normal or even abnormal teen's dialect. The thoughts both main characters had were very profound but again, unrealistic. I realize that they were extraordinary kids. But both of them couldn't have been brilliant like this.

Don't you dare tell me this: "You just don't get the book. It's way too profound, well above your level of understanding".

I'm telling you now, don't you dare tell me that. I swear, I will go all hulk on your ass.

In my gradebook, it gets a hard C- Almost a D.

That is all.

Summary:

This book tracks a cancer patient. It gives insight into how she feels and her outlook on life in general. Again, it's very well written and profound. Then she meets Augustus, who was also a cancer patient. However, he was cancer free after cutting off his leg, where the cancer was. It follows their romance, which is very mild but occasionally touching, and it tracks their illness. It is sad in some parts. I cried twice. And Augustus is sweet.

I'll tell you right now, because I had known this before I even picked up the book, one of them dies. There's a twist in there. You just don't see it coming, (though it was almost too spontaneous).

There isn't much of a clear plot. I just told you the highlights of it. Honestly, it really is just a piece of their lives. And life doesn't always have a clear cut plot with a clear point. This one didn't. So that's all I have for the summary. If I started on the chronological events (because that's the closest we'd get to a plot), I'd be giving you practically the whole book.

There you go, folks. That's it. Now, I'm going to be reviewing some bestsellers since I have to read them for school anyway. So stay tuned.

I hope you like it and don't hate me.