In my opinion, you should be at least fourteen to read this book, mostly. It was not written to show the beauty of teenage tragedy and get us all to fall in love with augustus and weep our eyes. After school, the first thing i would like to do is to take out the fault in our stars from my bag and sit in the library. Jan 27, 2015 many lessons we learn in this book, i think it should be necessary to read. The film stars shailene woodley, ansel elgort, and nat wolff, with laura dern, sam trammell, and willem dafoe playing supporting roles.
I enjoyed the first person narrative of this book and the way that everything seems so personalized. Being an avid book reader, im always skeptical about watching the words of my favorite books transformed and materialized on the big screen. Thats a key line in john greens beloved 2012 bestseller the fault in our starsand a major component in the movie adaptation 12 out of four. Only john green could make a book about a girl with stage 4 cancer hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. John green, the fault in our stars john green is possibly the most renowned author of young adult fiction currently operating. The fault in our stars by john green is quite possibly the best standalone novel i have ever read and is certainly the most phenomenal book ive had the privilege to experience in the year 20. Jul 17, 2015 my history with the fault in our stars. The fault in our stars by john green published by dutton books on january 10th 2012 genres. Hazel grace is just a normal teenager who is bored with life and likes to quote philosophers no big deal when she meets augustus, a grade a hottie. This novel grabs my attention because it contains the three significant.
The fault in our stars was first published january 2012 under penguin the sixth book by john green, and has since sold 10. The story is narrated by a sixteenyearold cancer patient named hazel grace lancaster, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with the seventeenyearold augustus waters, an exbasketball player and amputee. Amazon goodreads buy on amazon despite the tumorshrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. For the last 10plus years, the young adult book market has been boomin, baby. Sontag was a brilliant public intellectual, and i dont know of anyone. Understandably, discerning moviegoers have become doubtful of young adult novel adaptations following a string of hit or miss hollywood. The first person perspective makes it easier to connect with each one of the characters and to see into the mind of hazel. Tfios was a good book in my opinion, but i agree with some of the people on this discussion, it isnt the best book out there. She introduced me to a lot of the ideas in the book, especially hope in a world that is indifferent to individuals, and empathy. Hot boy and dying girl fall in teenage love and go on adventures to amsterdam together. So my expectations were low, but i was willing to be surprisedand i was. Apr 09, 20 the fault in our stars by john green is quite possibly the best standalone novel i have ever read and is certainly the most phenomenal book ive had the privilege to experience in the year 20. The fault in our stars should be a film about cancer and how it effects the people surrounded by it think 5050, but it becomes overwhelming with its fascination to overly glamorize the telling of a tainted love story, therefore becoming a love story about people with cancer think a walk to remember. From the premise, i suspected i would dislike this book.
Characters lose eyes, legs, control of their personalities, and more. As the quote says some infinities are bigger than others however, hazel and guss love was quite an extraordinary one. Dying girl and hot boy admit their love to each other and have physical relations. While the fault in our stars isnt a wordforword translation nor should it be, its an adaptation that does green, hazel, and augustus justice. The book aims, im assuming, to be very relatable and personal. I think the main reason why people dont like it is because theres no antagonist.
The fault in our stars is all the more heartrending for its bluntness about the medical realities of cancer. I could never have written this if i hadnt known esther. Its a story about learning to hope and move on and be happy even when all the stars have aligned against you. Yeah, i reread illness as metaphor and also her brilliant regarding the suffering of others while writing the fault in our stars. View the original article on columnist joel connelly has written about politics for the p. I strongly believe that this is one of those books that people need to read just too simply experience it. The fault in our stars currently has a rating of 4. Jun 06, 2014 the world is not a wishgranting factory. It uses the most usual tool of attracting lovesick teensa romantic death. Book cover we know were not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but this ones pretty good. Ive seen so much hype about the fault in our stars in the blogosphere and, well, in life. May 04, 2016 the fault in our stars is a beautiful novel and i would recommend it to anyone who believes in love and has the courage to fight for it.
The story is about hazel grace and augustus waters, both victims of different kinds of cancers. The book already has a huge fan base and even has a movie coming out this summer. I honestly set my expectations high when i first read. It is the reason why gus and hazel keep fighting cancer and why peter van houten changes. Through this book i realised that cancer not just touches. The fault in our stars your honest opinion of the book. The characters are fighting not to win, but to reach peace before they lose. The fault, dear brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. If you think that your opinion is the only opinion that exists on earth and that no one should dislike. The book was different, but it still had the same story to the film but with. Unfortunately, the details in the book were very elementary. The topic chosen by the author is a critical topic that can only be dealt with care and compassion. Because of her cancer, she uses a portable oxygen tank to breathe properly.
Jan 09, 2012 the fault in our stars feels like the stakes have been raised, a swing for the fences that tackles big themes life, love, and death and succeeds. Hazel, an avid reader, tells augustus about her favorite book, an imperial affliction, a story about a teenage girl with cancer. The title is inspired by act 1, scene 2 of shakespeares play julius caesar, in which the nobleman cassius says to brutus. So a discussion occurred in my head after i rated the book. We also have its movie adaptation released in 2014, for the people who are too lazy to read. For a book to be good to me, i need to be able to read it once and see what made it a bestseller. The author has written a poignant and heartrending love story and the director has created a film adaptation that eludes the melodrama that has often dragged down other cancer movies. Hazel has some neardeath experiences and also copes with gus as he vomits uncontrollably, etc. The fault in our stars is easily the most well written book ive read in at least a year my. Dying girl is disappointed by her meeting with a certain author whom she idolizes. However, i did end up bawling my eyes out, so ill give it points for being a tear jerker. At the beginning of the fault in our stars, hazel tries to avoid loving augustus waters.
Anyone whos ever loved a book knows the hesitance and wariness that mingle with excitement when. Also, i totally agree that no teenagers ever speak the way gus and hazel did. The fault in our stars by john green is quite possibly the best standalone novel i have ever read and is certainly the most phenomenal book ive had the. The fault in our stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent american fiction, but its also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness. After reading the fault in our stars, i learned that the power of love is capable of changing everything. Anyone whos ever loved a book knows the hesitance and wariness that mingle with excitement when a beloved novel is turned into a bigscreen production.
Jan 15, 2012 this is a problem faced by the heroines in both the fault in our stars and the probability of miracles, two young adult novels about 16yearold girls who have cancer. In my opinion, the fault in our stars is john greens best bookit is truly a masterpiece. The love story and the deeper narrative in the book were incredibly written. The fault in our stars should be a film about cancer and how it effects the people surrounded by it think 5050, but it becomes overwhelming with its fascination to overly glamorize the telling of a tainted love story, therefore becoming a love story about people with cancer think a. The fault in our stars is a fantastic book which has a really sad ending im not going to say it to you.
That line, from the fault in our stars, is undoubtedly true, and it is also true that the movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built. There are harrowing descriptions of pain, shame, anger and bodily fluids of. The fault in our stars by john green awesome book assessment. The fault in our stars is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed by josh boone, based on the novel of the same name by john green. The main story starts off when hazel grace finds a blueeyed boy staring her throughout a cancer support group in the literal heart of jesus.
My thoughts on the fault in our stars books and bark. The fault in our stars was the first good book id read in a long time. The fault in our stars gets the most love and the most hate of john greens books. Lev grossman, time magazine this is a book that breaks your heartnot by wearing it down, but by making it bigger. His most well known book so far is probably this one, the fault in. Sontag was a brilliant public intellectual, and i dont know of anyone who wrote about suffering with as much thoughtfulness. So if you want challenging, inspired book then i will suggest this one highly. The fault in our stars is a novel written by john green, a renowned author of young adult fiction. I would like to award this book with four stars out of five.
Whats your most unpopular young adult book opinion. Aug 05, 2014 john green, the fault in our stars john green is possibly the most renowned author of young adult fiction currently operating. It is my third favorite story and favorite nonfantasy novel. The fault in our stars by john green appeared first on blogcritics.
Seventeenyearold hazel grace lancaster reluctantly attends a cancer patients support group at her mothers behest. Yet, if i had to choose one, i would choose live in the moment there are many. Hazel and augustus aw, this illustrated version of hazel and augustus just gives us. I am thinking about reading the novel, the fault in our stars.
John green purpose for writing the fault in our stars was to express what he felt after a friend of is, esther earl, passed away due to thyroid cancer. The fact that it claims not to be a cancer book is all the more frustrating when its pretty much the canceringest cancer book ever to cancerbook. To ask other readers questions about the fault in our stars, please sign up. It doesnt have a very happy ending, but it has a hopeful ending. The fault in our stars 2014 the fault in our stars. The fault in our stars feels like the stakes have been raised, a swing for the fences that tackles big themes life, love, and death and succeeds. The fault in our stars is the sixth novel by author john green, published in january 2012. She tries to stay away from as many people as possible.
It tells a modern story about a girl named hazel trying to live like a normal teenager. Understandably, discerning moviegoers have become doubtful of young adult novel adaptations. Dec 21, 20 the fault in our stars was the first good book id read in a long time. Whats your opinion on the book fault in our stars by. In fact, there were a couple sontag quotes as epigraphs in earlier drafts. I may be one of the last people on earth to finally get to it so many people i know have read this book in the past two years and loved it. Hazel, a homebody whos obsessed with the book an imperial affiliation, meets this guy at cancer support group one night whose name is augustus. It is his fourth solo novel, and sixth novel overall.
I mean, you read books like divergent and the hunger games, and theyre so popular, but at least, for me, you cant see why. The fault in our stars sets out to make you cry the new. Only john green could make a book about a girl with stage 4 cancer. Having read numerous books, i found the fault in our stars to be entirely dry and glossed over. There was a lack of harrowing emotion, which almost creates a disconnect between the book and the audience. The movie adaptation came out in 2014, and the screenplay was cowritten by the author himself, which attests for how close a resemblance the screen version has to the original novel. The fault in our stars is directed by josh boone based on john greens bestselling 2012 young adult novel. In my opinion, the fault in our stars is john greens best book it is truly a masterpiece. The fault in our stars film was adapted by writing partners scott neustadter and michael h. The characters are wellwritten and i love that hazel is not completely onedimensional.
Weber 500 days of summer from author john greens 2012 young adult novel of the same name with josh boone stuck in love sitting in the directors chair. The fault in our stars is a beautiful novel and i would recommend it to anyone who believes in love and has the courage to fight for it. This is quite a great book, normally i read in the sifi. Green takes a potentially mawkish premise and delivers an honest, immediate, and deeply resonant story, one deserving of. The main character hazel is able to entertain you throughout her month or two journey in the book, but until augustus waters comes into play, the book seems like something that should probably be sold at. Green takes a potentially mawkish premise and delivers an honest, immediate, and deeply resonant story, one deserving of its status as a future classic. In one of the meetings she catches the eye of a teenage boy, and through the course of the meeting she learns the boys name is augustus waters. This is quite a great book, normally i read in the sifi category but this book still really appealed to me. All booktomovie adaptations make fans anxious, but when the source material is as adored as the fault in our stars, the filmmakers have to contend with millions of very vocal readers opinions. The fault in our stars by john green isnt necessarily a literary classic, but that is not to say that you wont become emotionally invested. John green, who writes wonderfully about love, hope and tragedy in this novel about hazel, a girl who has cancer in her lungs. The fault in our stars doesnt quite capture the discreetly twisted humor, or the muted anger, of greens book, and its problems can be attributed to a constellation of little annoyances rather than any one serious, north starsize flaw. The fault in our stars 2014 the fault in our stars 2014. The fault in our stars sets out to make you cry the.