The Fault In Our Stars Captures Readers
Ellie Blake
Staff Writer
It’s hard for one book to make a person smile, laugh and even cry within a matter of pages. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green manages to make all of that happen.
Hazel Grace is a 16 year old girl diagnosed with thyroid cancer and a satellite colony in her lungs. Dragging her oxygen tank behind her, she makes her way to the church where a support group for people diagnosed with cancer is held. There she meets Isaac, a boy who is soon to lose his eyes to cancer, and his friend Augustus. Augustus is a cancer survivor, even though the cancer took his leg. After Hazel and Augustus meet, Augustus makes it his mission to make Hazel fall for him. This story tells about how two teens with cancer fall in love and have their own kind of infinity.
Green has a stupendous writing style. He constantly manages to string interesting words together to make a sentence flow. The way he separates chapters makes the reader unable to stop reading. He keeps the same flow of writing throughout the whole book. The sentences flow together perfectly and make it really easy to read, even when he uses difficult words.
I recommend this book to ages 13 and up. There is some sexual content and explicit language that would not be appropriate for younger readers. The way the book is written would appeal the most to girls. The way love ties into the reading would push boys away from reading the book.
Coming up in the summer, “The Fault In Our Stars” is transforming into a motion picture. The movie is set to release on June 6. Since the book is beloved by many readers, the bar is set extremely high for the movie. Messing the movie up will result in many angry teenagers.
Every teenage girl with the love for a unique writing style should purchase this book before June. You owe it to yourself to read the book in advance of the movie before Hollywood sinks its teeth into this love story.
