The end

The end is really sad. To be honest I started to cry. I'm not going to spoil the end, but I can tell you how it felt to read it and what I think of it.
The end was something I almost could foreseen. But at the same time I was surprised. Surprised about how a good book like that just ended like that. But maybe the ending is some of the things that makes the book so good. 'Cause at the same time I kinda like the end. My point of view on different things actually changed after reading this book, in a positive way.
So I recommend this book to all of you, no matter what sex. You might also change your point of view.

The movie comes out this summer so I looking forward to see the movie and compare the movie to the book and see if there are any differences. 

Positive and negative

There's something about the book that I like and something that I dislike.
I haven't read so many books in my life, so this is the second best book I've ever read. I like they way John Green writes, the way Hazel tells her thoughts and feelings. And the theme is also one of the things I kinda like in this book.
My favourite charcater must be Augustus. He is a cute guy I almost fell in love with when I started to read the book. Hazel describe him as a hot guy, and that's good. But his personality is also something I really liked. Of course, Hazel is also a good character but not as good as Augustus. Augustus is a warm person and polite against Hazel's parents. He is helpful and romantic towards Hazel.

But the book has also some negative sides. I think John Green writes too many similar books. The way he writes is recognized in many of his books. And sometimes he's using a difficult language, many difficult words I did not quite understand.

The length of the book isn't much to complain about. I think that the longer you read the book, the easier it gets to read. So it can be a little bit hard to read in the start, but it gets easier.

On the back of the book

The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbeating work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.

Despite the tumor-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.

The theme

I'm almost done with the book and I must say that the book is really good, but at the same time there's something about it that makes it so cliche. You can almost anticipate what happens when you've comed so far in the book. The theme in the book is almost something you have to decide on your own when you read it because it may be more.
The theme I mean fit the book most might be immortal love. The love Hazel and Augustus have together is so strong and so powerful that they would do anything for each other. And at the same time it doesn't get too sticky and too much because they talk alot and that's good 'cause communication is really important in a relationship, and that is one of the reasons why the realtionship lasts.

The main character/s

This book doesn't have very many characters. Somebody mentioned a few times like the characters from the Support Group.
Hazel Grace: a sixteen year old cancer patient. The narrator and main character of the book. She likes to read books, but she has a great favorite as she repeats several times, An Imperial Affliction. Sometimes it can be very annoying when she tells so much about this damn book. She has written to the author where she wants some answers to the book's ending. But she has never received a reply, which makes her sad and desperate.
I like the way Hazel tells the story and I recognize myself in some of her thoughts.

Augustus Waters: also known as Gus. A seventeen year old ex-basketball player and amputee. He had osteosarcoma, but he is now cancer free after having his leg amputated. Hazel and Gus meets in the Support Group. Hazel thinks he is very hot, and later Gus says that she is gorgeous and that he's in love with her.
They agree to read one another's favorite novels. Augustus gives Hazel The Price of Dawn, and Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction. They both liked each others books.
Gus is a cute guy I wish all the best. He is also a little romantic. 


Isaac: is Augustus' best friend and attends in Support Group where he also meets Hazel. He has eye cancer and later in the book he loses his sight. After he lost his sight he also lost his girlfriend and he is very upset about it. He believe in true love, and try to figure out why it didn't worked out with her. He throws Augustus' basketball statues on the floor and ruins them (with Augustus permission of course, he never liked them anyway). I feel bad for him because he is such a nice guy who doesn't deserve the crap he goes through.

Peter Van Houten: the author of Hazel's favorite book, An Imperial Afflicion. He lives in Amsterdam. Hazel and Gus visit him to get the answers of their questions about the book. They are very exciting about this trip and to finally meet Van Houten, but the meeting is not as nice as they thought. When they first met him he was a selfish drunk. But by the end he changes his life and he isn't a bad person after all.

 

Hazel Grace - The narrator

This book is written so that it's Hazel who is the narrator. You get insight into her thoughts and feelings and the actual story. I kind of like the way John Green has written this book.
As I mentioned earlier, she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus or Gus is an ex-basketball player and amputee. They fall in love, but Hazel doesn't feel she can take the next step because she don't want to hurt Augustus. So far in the book (page 155), they are just friends. But I don't think it will be long before they realize how in love they are and will take the next step.

The author

John Michael Green is an American award-winning New York Times-bestselling author.  He was born August 24 in 1977, Indianapolis. His parents' names is Mike and Sydney Green and three weeks after Green was born they moved to Orlando, Florida. He attended Lake Highland Preparatory School and Indian Springs School. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000.

His first book, Looking for Alaska, was published in 2005. He has written other books like An Abundance of Katherines (2006), Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances (2008), Paper Towns (2008), Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010) and of course The Fault in Our Stars (2012).
John lives in Indianapolis with his wife Sarah Urist Green and they have two children named Henry and Alice.

The Fault in Our Stars

I've started reading The Fault in Our Stars written by John Green published in January 2012. This book is about a sixteen year old girl called Hazel Grace Lancaster with cancer. The story takes place in Indianapolis where Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group. Because of her cancer, she uses a portable oxygen tank to breathe properly. In one of the meetings she meet a seventeen year old boy named Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee.

To be honest I'm not such a fan of books and do not really like to read, but I gave this book a chance and I must admit it was worth it.
On February 19, 2013 it was announced that Josh Boone would be directing the film.