-The Fault In Our Stars Book Review-

The Fault in our Stars by John Green is an outstanding novel and one of Green’s best
works. It tells a modern story about a girl named Hazel trying to live like a normal teenager.
However this is not the easiest thing in the world for her because wherever she goes, she must
carry an oxygen tank with her as a result of her having cancer. However at a teen cancer
support group, she meets Augustus Waters, a very different yet similar person to her. This
novel tells a sweet, painful love story about pain, miracle, adoration, and inspiration about how
to overcome obstacles in life
Augustus Waters is someone who probably would not be a probable match for Hazel.
He lives life with uncertainty because his cancer is not 100% cured. Hazel lives upon diagnosis.
She accepts that she will die soon and doesn’t want to hurt Augustus because she knows he
had been hurt that way before. Hazel spends her time inside her home all day reading the same
book over and over again, and oddly enough decides to share it with Augustus. He seems to
have his own secret reason for loving the book as much as she does.
Augustus uses his wish from the Wish foundation for cancer patients to take Hazel and
her mother to Amsterdam to meet the author who wrote the book they both admire. They
unfortunately discover that the author they had come to meet is a repugnant jerk and they
leave soon after arriving. Many of the situations that both teens encounter are very realistic
and relatable. There are many repugnant jerks in the world and most of the time, the only
mature thing to do is walk away. There are also people like Hazel’s mother, who knows Hazel’s
situation and knows the trip will put her at risk but understands that Hazel needs to do
something exciting in her life and going on vacation with a boy whom she loves will make her
happy.
When they return to Indiana, Hazel soon discovers that Augustus is not well. With
everything that has happened in her life, she is the one is left angry at the world. She doesn’t
seem to understand how someone as amazing as Augustus had to have a terrible fate that she
had once accepted was upon herself. The most terrible things always happen to the people
who deserve it the least. There really must be a fault in our stars.

Although I do not have cancer and I do not have any life-threatening diseases, this book
was important to me. The Fault in our Stars shows that no matter what the circumstances are,
you can always prove yourself wrong and keep at things even though they get tough. John
Green has captured the idea of true love and overcoming obstacles in the best way possible.
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTube content
creator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and his fourth solo
novel, The Fault in Our Stars, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list in

January 2012.
 The 2014 film adaptation opened at number one at the box office.In 2014, Green was
included in
Time magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World.Another film based on a
Green novel,
Paper Towns, was released on July 24, 2015.

Aside from being a novelist, Green is also well known for his YouTube ventures. In 2007,
he launched the VlogBrothers channel with his brother, Hank Green. Since then, John and Hank
have launched events such as Project for Awesome and VidCon and created a total of 11 online
series, including Crash Course, an educational channel teaching Literature, History, and Science,
later joined by fourteen other courses as of 2018.