Then, Hazel met a young boy named Augustus Waters there. He had had osteosarcoma, a kind of bone cancer. The story started with their friendship by sharing some similarities such as reading book, their own stories, playing video games, and even more than that when Augustus expressed his love, Hazel tried to put him away and denied it. After that, because of being invited by the author of Hazel’s favorite book, Hazel and Gus had a chance to come to Amsterdam together and had the fabulous moments there. They both expressed their love that they tried to avoid it before because they did not want his and her friend got hurt. Towards the end of the book, it increased many happy moments of the beautiful couple. But from the moment that Augustus decided to tell Hazel that his health got worse, the plot had changed… “The Fault in Our Stars” is not only a love story, but also a story of survivor cancer teenagers, who are fighting with cancers by smiles and optimistic thoughts.
Even though this is a story about cancer patients, but it does not contain the pain that cancers bring to them; it contains the value of lives and how to make lives more significant. John Green was successful when leading the readers from vulnerable to happy, terrible but beautiful. Part of the reasons for its success was because of the realistic of cancer patients and his writing style with compelling story telling tone helped the readers clearly understood the content without much effort. This book had become a phenomenon around the world, which had the sales of nearly 1 million copies of the novel in January 2013. It had been number 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children’s Chapter Books and kept that position for seven weeks. It also had been number 1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list, number 1 on the Indiebound bestseller list, number 9 on The Bookseller bestseller list, and The New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. In 2014, The Fault in Our Stars was published as an American film directed by Josh Boone and based on the novel. However, it had been banned from the Riverside Unified School District Middle School because one parent felt its language and content was not appropriate for her children (Vanity Fair). I have never read a book about cancer, so I was so excited when first opening it. This book truly put me on the field of emotion from laughing to crying.
Even though it was the saddest book that I have ever read, I truly fell in love with it and rate 4.5 stars out of 5. I love Augustus Waters by the way he treated everyone and the way he pretended not to be painful or vulnerable. He always kept an optimistic mind, and he was the factor that helped the readers felt at ease with his letter at the end of the story. Hazel and Gus were a wonderful couple of love and hope; overcoming and surviving cancer; tragedy and beauty. I truly recommend this book because it not only helps the readers understand the world of cancer survivors, but also brings a positive energy that helps people overcome difficulties when they believe in their potential.
