Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Hello internet!

So John Green's book The Fault in Our Stars came out on January 10. And like the good nerdfighter that I am, I had pre-ordered the book from Barnes and Noble and immediately went to pick it up. Even though I knew that they had held a copy for me to come and get, I kinda wanted to go to the shelf and find the big stack of TFIOS books and flip through them to see if any of them had a Hanklerfish. Alas, my local B&N had added a GIGANTIC Nook section in the middle of the store completely moving the shelves around as well as the customer service desk. So no longer could I find the teen fiction section, the new releases table, or even the customer service desk where I could ask someone to help me. After finally finding the help desk and the man who helped me found my reserved copy, I turned around to check out. On my way out I noticed that they had put a temporary shelf of TFIOS books right beside the door and out of my immediate line of sight. Of course half the shelves of books had a "signed copy" sticker and half did not. However, I thought it would have been weird for me to stand there looking through all the books a copy of which I held in my hand. Anyways I walked outside totally excited and saw that I had a green J-scribble and completely walked past my car.

Now of course since I had the book I wanted to read it immediately, but sadly I had to go back to college that day and of course classes began the next day completely limiting my time to read for pleasure. But luckily, college wasn't that busy and I finished the book in two days. And all I have to say is SO MANY FEELINGS!!!! It's been about a week since I started the book and also a week since the book has come out, and I still cannot get over the awesomeness that is this book. You get really witty and funny characters, romance, and sadness. Basically, John takes you on an emotional rollercoaster as you follow the main characters Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters through their adventures while living a life with cancer. There are so many themes, motifs, and symbols in this book that really makes me want to sit down and have an in-depth, analytical discussion about this book. I would also love to pick John Green's brain in the process. There are so many good quotes in this book that I would also love to mark-up and highlight but I really don't want to mess up the prettyness that is The Fault in Our Stars.

If you guys are in the mood for a good book to read, on top of The Mortal Instruments series that I recommended last time, this is definitely a good pick. In fact, I would probably put this in front of any other books on that list. Or, if you aren't quite convinced, here are links to John reading from chapters one and two via YouTube. Finally, if you just fall in love with TFIOS and really want to read more books by John, check out Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, and Will Grayson Will Grayson. The last book, Will Grayson Will Grayson, was co-authored by David Levithan in which John wrote the odd numbered chapters and David wrote the even numbered chapters.