Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars Review

By: Lillian M.

   

I have recently finished reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. It is a funny, exciting, heartbreaking tragedy/love story type book.  It is about a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster.  She has major lung cancer. Her mom decides she is depressed and sends her to a support group. There she meets one Augustus Waters. He is a survivor of osteosarcoma, bone cancer, leaving him with an artificial leg. Their relationship spirals into a romance that takes unexpected twists and turns. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. JOHN GREEN IS CURRENTLY MY FAVORITE AUTHOR!!!! ☺

I recommend this book to anyone who IS NOT squeamish, and DOES NOT cry at little things like a puppy getting a thorn in its paw, as your house is already guaranteed to flood with tears.

The movie version of The Fault in Our Stars is not as good, but, it includes much of the same elements that I find satisfactory: funny, witty, sad, exciting, etc. The movie has far more yelling, crying and kissing than the book. In the movie, they have taken out a scene from the book in which Augustus and his mother are fighting. I wonder why?

MOVIE .VS. BOOK

THE BOOK IS BETTER! Even you TV addicts will agree with me. The book has more internal thinking and emotional value. The movie is still really good though.

FUN FACT:

If anybody reading this article has seen the movie Divergent, you will realize that the actress who played the role of Beatrice Prior also has the role of Hazel Grace Lancaster. Also, (if you have seen Divergent you might find this odd) the actor who took the role of Beatrice Prior's brother, Caleb Prior, has taken up the role of Augustus Waters. For me, it was rather awkward: former brother kissing former sister? Ew. I wonder what it was like for the actor/actress!I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars.