Estimated Reading Time 1 Minutes
Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 8, 2014)
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN: 978-0142424179
Thoughts: The Fault In Our Stars asks big questions. It uses cancer as a medium to bring about the masterpiece. The characters become real to you. You deal with the heartaches and challenges they face. It’s a tear-jerker, but it’s worth it.
First sentence: Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.
Favorite Quote From the Book: I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?
Summary from Amazon.com:
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.
From John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars is insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw. It brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
