The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green

Synopsis:

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

It was a masterpiece. There was a sudden fever worldwide that made everyone want to read The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green. Everyone talked about it, a movie was going to be made... So, of course, I had to read it and see what all this fuss was about. And then there was no going back. My life changed after that. When I read the plot, I was sure that it was going to be just like every other cancer story, where everything tries to be happy but fails completely, causing it to be a sad book with an even sadder ending. That's how cancer books end, with the death of the main character. So I was sure that Hazel was going to die before even opening the book. But the book (in general) wasn't a sad cancer book. I think that the feeling that John Green was trying to make us feel is happiness, the joy of being alive. 

I'll say that when I read it I didn't have the physical book, because I thought it wouldn't be necessary, but when I finished it I looked for it until I found it. Now I have the physical book that I haven't opened, but it's just perfect to look at it with wonder and mixed feelings. 

So about the book... I loved the characters. Hazel is a shy, kind of lonely person who discovers her true happy self when she meets Augustus. And Gus is such an awesome character! I love how he speaks, how he acts. He's got this special way of filling a room with his personality, he expresses himself in a really unique way, and I love him for that. 

I really liked all the plot revolving about Hazel and Augustus's relationship in a deeper and subtler level than most stories usually do. Love isn't easy, love isn't all rainbows and colours, and that's what they're trying to demonstrate. And the best thing about it is that it is done in a subtle way, focusing the plot in other things, like An Imperial Affliction, the book by Peter van Houten that causes Hazel's wish of going to Amsterdam and other main actions. The book is really deep, expressing the complexity of being a teenager, the complexity of love, the complexity of being one of those kids with cancer that people think are too sick to be normal. But Hazel and Augustus, despite their cancer, are very normal teenagers. And the way John Green has of dealing with that is awesome. 

The title was the first thing that caught my attention in the book. The Fault In Our Stars. That's a weird title. But then I read the book, and then the Julius Caesar quote appeared: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars/ but in ourselves that we are underlings." That quote means that it isn't fate that makes us underlings, but ourselves. I really like that quote. That being a Shakespeare quote makes it perfect :)

And a movie is being made of The Fault In Our Stars, with Shailene Woodsley as Hazel and Ansel Elgort as Augustus. The weird thing about them is that they're siblings in their movie Divergent, so it's going to be weird to see who I'll see as Tris and Caleb to be Hazel and Augustus. But I think they're fine as them, I like them. 

So to end this, I have only one thing left to say: you must read the book. Okay? Okay.