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This book starts out with your heart already breaking for the main character, as soon as you read the first page you think nothing can go well for her. Then she meets a boy and what's better for a young teen girl than a nice, funny teen boy? Together they lift each other up and make themselves forget the heartbreak they have endured and are going to face again. Not only do they experience a relationship that most adults will never encounter, but they face situations that would knock anyone flat on their back. By the end of the book I promise you will have experienced a ray of emotions including amusement, anger, sadness, and angst. This book will not disappoint and I hope anyone who is encouraged to read it because of this review enjoys it thoroughly.
HPB Staff ReviewI found my opinion surprising considering I do not generally like love stories or sad stories and while this book incorporated both of these elements, it also did so much more. Green's characters do not have a silly Romeo-and-Juliet-like love that is so common in teenage romances. The two act more like best friends who happen to be physically attracted to one another. Their love was actually quite a pleasure to read. I also really enjoyed the perspective that Green chose to write from. By writing as Hazel, he was able to demonstrate the isolating Otherness and ableism that people in similar situations experience. Hazel even calls out the martyrdom and heroism that cancer patients are treated with when all they are really trying to do is be human beings and live their lives. I love how popular this book is because I feel that this message is crucially important. Beautifully written. Simplistically philosophical. This book was perfect. #SpringPicks
Overall it's a good book but extremely sad, I'd recommend 100% #spingpicks
What can I say. I love this book. I still haven't seen the movie. I even lend it to my cousins to read it and she finished it in one day. The book is inspiring and emotional all at once. Some of the words are quite poetic. I like how it tells the main characters' stories: their struggles and how they found strength in each other. #BannedBook
John Green is able to create likable believable teenage characters and do justice to the hardships of Cancer. These two things wouldn't seem to have anything in common. #RequiredReading