The Fault in Our Stars

THIS BOOK!

Update.

So, I have gathered my thoughts about this book and I think I'm ready to write the review.
Starting by the fact that I did love the book. I though it was really catching (I read it in a day) and, of course, really sad and tough. Something that I think will surprise you (I wasn't) was that I didn't cry, not even a tear. Don't take this personal, it's just that I have discovered through time that I'm a really “dry” person respecting crying about sad stuff. Very little things make me cry. But it did make me feel sad and kept me up for a while (I finished the book at 1:00am). Actually, one of the reasons I was excited about reading this book is because I though I would finally cry big fat tears of sadness (really not a subject to be excited about but that's just me). That's the only thing that disappointed me, but I'll move on. sniffironically
I love that the plot was just about a love story, no great quest in the world or things to achieve in life before dying (even though that's one of the things Augustus loves talking about). What I mean about this is that John was just telling us a story about how this kids fall in love and it still dragged me in this strongly. In other books I would have found that extremely annoying and I probably would have given it a three stars out of pity. But with this novel it didn't happen because in the inside the novel is so much more than, so much complicated and more beautiful than that.
Another thing I love (It's a long list, believe me) it's that he takes this liberty to just “play” with cancer and it's “perks”. And how he shows us that even with a sad subject, you can still be happy. And that sickness is not your end if you decide it isn't. And that there's different ways to see things, not just what you think is right or even what you know it's right.
Probably one of the biggest things I liked was the concern that Hazel had about her parents, which, apparently, most YA writers forget to include in the correct way. Meaning, as teenagers we are in an stage of rebellion, we want freedom and independence, and we usually forget about the rest of the world and that there's still people around us who gets affected by our decisions. But it's not total obliviousness. We still have some sense of concern. So we just don't do crazy stuff out of the blue, we DO crazy stuff out of the blue and then we REALIZE the mistake and WORRY about the people who got affected. That's real life. It hurts. So Hazel had this constant unacknowledged fear about what would be of her parents once she was gone for good earlier of what it should. And so strong was this fear that she transported her fear into her favorite book and created her biggest questioning in life: what happened to Anna's mother? Once she finally got her answer she would have had the response she needed for stop worrying about her mom. And that right there, killed me.
Anyway, I made this too long and I probably didn't make any sense and I know I was just saying the obvious thing in a book that everyone knows it's obvious but it doesn't get mentioned in the book. But whatever, I had to express it.
The book was really gook. Augustus with his sarcasm and Hazel with her honesty, Isaac with his loud and colorful way of loving and the parents for being awesome.
I still have like a hundred things to talk about but I already made this way too long and I don't want to bore you and make you skip my review(You probably just scrolled down until the bottom halfway there just to see my conclusion). Read this, if you haven't (if you have, read it again). You will love the book and if you're at least 10% softer than me you'll cry like a bitch (if you're 90% softer than me, please make sure to invite me to your funeral so I can give my condolences)