Despite the tumour-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.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
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Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death. CHAPTER ONE
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(@PuffinBooks, 3 May 2012, 316 pages, e-book, # popsugarreadingchallenge 2020, read a banned book during banned books week, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @OverDriveLibs)
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Well, this book broke my fucking heart, punched a hole straight through me. It's been a long time since a book wrecked me so much. This has been on my TBR list for ages but I've been reluctant to read it because I knew it would be devastating. I haven't seen the movie and after reading this I won't, I cried for almost an hour when I finished the book so God knows what state I'd be in if I saw the film. From the start, you know you need to get the hankie out for this one. Hazel is terminally ill and August is ill as well. You know one of them won't make it. Brace yourself, because it hurts like hell. I loved everything about this book. I loved the love story between Hazel and Augustus; it's so sweet without being nauseating. I cried so much at the end.
