A book worth reading
and it provides a valuable insight into the life of children fighting
with cancer.
The Fault in Our Stars is about a teenage girl Hazel, who has stage 4
thyroid cancer. Hazel’s daily routine contains taking meds, reading
books and taking part of the support group meetings for cancer-
fighters. In the support group she meets an extraordinarily
handsome boy Augustus, who, full of metaphores and mystery,
catches Hazel’s attention immediately. As the plot evolves, these
two spectacularily appalling figures get close and share unique
experiences. Together they help out a friend dealing with the loss of
a girlfriend, travel to the Netherlands to meet Hazel’s favourite
author and much more. Unlike any other teenage-cliche movie it has
a tragic, tearful ending, that makes a reader realize and value the
existance of her or his own loved ones in life.
What author John Green has managed to achieve is the realistic