![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
May. 20th, 2013 11:10 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent and raw, The Fault In Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heart breaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John Green’s multi-award winning YA novel is a heart-warming, funny emotional rollercoaster of a novel. This isn’t ‘sick-lit’ – it’s a thoughtful, well-constructed novel that never descends into easy mawkish sentimentality even though it is treading over a well-trodden subject in the genre. Sometimes Green’s teenage characters sound older than their ages, there’s a bit of a self-conscious hipster feel to the text that didn’t quite gel at times and Gus is just a little too perfect and funny. However this doesn’t detract from the overall power of the story and it’s easy to understand why it’s had such critical acclaim.
Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent and raw, The Fault In Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heart breaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John Green’s multi-award winning YA novel is a heart-warming, funny emotional rollercoaster of a novel. This isn’t ‘sick-lit’ – it’s a thoughtful, well-constructed novel that never descends into easy mawkish sentimentality even though it is treading over a well-trodden subject in the genre. Sometimes Green’s teenage characters sound older than their ages, there’s a bit of a self-conscious hipster feel to the text that didn’t quite gel at times and Gus is just a little too perfect and funny. However this doesn’t detract from the overall power of the story and it’s easy to understand why it’s had such critical acclaim.
