Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Summary: If you've never heard of this book, well I don't know where you've been. It's about a girl named Hazel Lancaster (Diagnosis: terminal) and a boy named Augustus Waters (Diagnosis: remission) and their star crossed romance. It's about their lives as side effects. It's about cancer. It's about parents who are scared that they won't be parents anymore. It's about a book that brings them together. It's about dying. It's about living.

It's a frightening book. It's a sad book. It's a funny book. It's a cry yourself to sleep book. It's a wake up in the morning book.  It's a book that makes you question.  It's a book that make you feel.

The Good: This book is hope.  Life happens.  We move on.  But... some infinities are bigger than others.  And we should never forget that. 

The Bad: This book is sad.  You have to be in the right mood to read it.  You have to be prepared to read it.  It's not something light.  It's not something to be picked up on a whim. 

The Heartbreaking: Cancer is heartbreaking.  Being a side effect is heartbreaking.  This entire novel is heartbreaking.  I've never cried so hard during a book.  I've never been reminded of things I had thought I had buried so clearly.  This book knocked me down.  This book help me stand up. 

Rating/Reasoning: I'm not sure how to rate this book. At 2 in the morning, there were a lot of things running through my mind. Good things, bad things, awful things, things I've been trying to forget. But anyway.  I'm not going to rate this book.  Honestly, it's a book I probably won't be reading again, at least for a while. It was good, though. Wonderful, in fact. But, I just can't.

Recommend? John Green writes a heartfelt book.  It's not for everyone, but I think everyone should give it a try.