Bastille Day!*

First off I would like to say that when I die, I hope a published author looks over a eulogy written for me. I would like to applaud John Green for pulling through and making this a fantastic ending. It's like everything that hasn't really been said about a person is said in one fantastic little letter. All the wrongs have been righted and all the sadness has turned to joy. This book makes you take a good, hard look at life and realize that life isn't that long and we must seize the moment and make the best out of each day. Green is a writer extraordinaire and knows how to capture a reader with just a few strategically placed phrases that make you pay attention to what is being read. "The Fault in our Stars" is not just a love story, it's a life story. It talks about the trials and tribulations of being a teenager living with cancer. It's a scary and tough world out there and it's hard enough surviving normally, but add a terminal disease and it can make it hell. Hazel is an extraordinary girl with an extraordinary story. Green exploits the roller coaster ride that is love and life in this novel exceptionally well, and again I applaud him.

Empty

You hit me right in the feels John Green. Peter is supposed to be this amazingly great guy. Augustus and Hazel are supposed to have a great time in Amsterdam. Why have you made it so this book pretty much rips out my heart?! I trusted you and you ripped out my soul. It's like discovering that you got a puppy for your birthday and then having it die a week later. Gus and Hazel are in love and happy, why must things go sour? Why is there always this preconceived notion that with happiness comes sadness. Why can't there just be happy things? I honestly feel empty and am unsure of what to make of the last couple chapters of this book. I can't decide whether or not I am going applaud Green or admonish him at the end of this novel. This is so real and relatable and I pray to God that my stepdad doesn't have to go through the things Augustus and his family did. So let's hope these last couple of chapters make up for this past one

The fault in this book

So this is completely not what i thought was going to happen! She doesn't want to be with him, but at the same time she does! So maybe they won't end up in love after all. It sounds like the struggle of every teenage girl! He wants to take her to Amsterdam to meet her favorite author and at first she's all about it, but then she decides that maybe she shouldn't go. Hazel is very confusing, but then I guess we all are a little confusing. It's hard to decide whether or not they will end up together. I want to root for them, but Augustus seems too clingy, but he's also super sweet and I want them to be together. This story is so relevant to teenagers and life in general. I wasn't expecting this kind of story when starting it, but so far I'm happy with how this book is turning out. The title finally makes sense too! "The fault in our stars" refers to William Shakespeare when he has Cassius say, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in out stars" and stars refers to the astrological stars. I thought it meant celebrities. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lover and it appears as if Hazel and Augustus are too!