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Book Review : The Fault In Our Stars
written on Saturday, 20 April 2013 @ 00:40 ✈
Title : The Fault In Our Stars
Author : John Green
Publisher : Dutton Books
Publication Date : January 10, 2012
Description from Goodreads: Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.
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The actual reason I decided to read this book was because I am a self-confessed John Green fan. All I can say is that this is a beautifully written book. John Green is probably one of the phenomenal fiction writers out there in general, at least in my opinion. However, this is the first time I ever read a book mainly about cancer. It tackles cancer, death, loss of loved ones, love, thoughts of the afterlife from one girl’s perspective, and let you know what it feels like to be dying. It sounds typical to some people, but to me, lesson about death is important. I don’t know what it feels like to be 17 and fading away, how dying feels like, how to find hope in a hopeless situation. But it all gets me thinking. We’re all dying, generally speaking. Although maybe not because of terminal illness like cancer or the like. We all know that we’re not going to live forever. The thing that matter is what are we leaving behind when it’s time to go? I’d say this book has the most ‘typical’ life lesson that we always forget. Death.
About the characters, Hazel Grace is just as lovely as her name. And Augustus is just gorgeous. I don’t know if it’s just me or the characters in this book are too mature to be 17? All the random crazy words spurted out seems a little too much, but it didn’t really bother me. Also, the book is full with quotable lines which I love.
Maybe not everyone enjoy this kind of book because I admit it was quiet depressing at times, but you all probably know that just by reading the synopsis. I know almost everyone cried when they read this book. Or at least feel like crying. I’d say this book is quiet inspiring so if you haven’t read it, and you don’t have issues with reading, I suggest you to give it a try.
Rate : 4.5
Labels: book review, john green, the fault in our stars
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Book Review : The Fault In Our Stars
written on Saturday, 20 April 2013 @ 00:40 ✈
Title : The Fault In Our Stars
Author : John Green
Publisher : Dutton Books
Publication Date : January 10, 2012
Description from Goodreads: Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.
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The actual reason I decided to read this book was because I am a self-confessed John Green fan. All I can say is that this is a beautifully written book. John Green is probably one of the phenomenal fiction writers out there in general, at least in my opinion. However, this is the first time I ever read a book mainly about cancer. It tackles cancer, death, loss of loved ones, love, thoughts of the afterlife from one girl’s perspective, and let you know what it feels like to be dying. It sounds typical to some people, but to me, lesson about death is important. I don’t know what it feels like to be 17 and fading away, how dying feels like, how to find hope in a hopeless situation. But it all gets me thinking. We’re all dying, generally speaking. Although maybe not because of terminal illness like cancer or the like. We all know that we’re not going to live forever. The thing that matter is what are we leaving behind when it’s time to go? I’d say this book has the most ‘typical’ life lesson that we always forget. Death.
About the characters, Hazel Grace is just as lovely as her name. And Augustus is just gorgeous. I don’t know if it’s just me or the characters in this book are too mature to be 17? All the random crazy words spurted out seems a little too much, but it didn’t really bother me. Also, the book is full with quotable lines which I love.
Maybe not everyone enjoy this kind of book because I admit it was quiet depressing at times, but you all probably know that just by reading the synopsis. I know almost everyone cried when they read this book. Or at least feel like crying. I’d say this book is quiet inspiring so if you haven’t read it, and you don’t have issues with reading, I suggest you to give it a try.
Rate : 4.5
Labels: book review, john green, the fault in our stars
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“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
- Virginia Woolf
Name : Syafiqah
Age : 25
Hometown : Kajang, Selangor
Current city : Kuala Lumpur
Interests : Books, food, music, collecting memories, clever humor, arts, mysteries.
Hi! So there's nothing much going to be around here. I read a lot. I read almost everything that has print on it. Everything from flowery romance to pretentious fiction to poetry. If you came here to stalk on my activities, then you've came to the wrong place. There's a special place for that but I'm not gonna speak of it here. Here is the place where I rant about books (mostly), musics, tv shows, movies, foods, and my personal opinion about all kind of stuff which I would like to share. I don't really share in real life, especially food. But I'll make this an exception (i'll share the pictures of food). So if you don't mind reading my rambles, fair warning; you may not be able to understand a single word I'm going to say because of my overflowing emotions. But just take the chance anyways. Oh this isn't a diary, just so you know.
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