A poorly written book with a touching story. It's just a shame, since John
Green himself is an admirable man, and the overall plot of the book was alright. He could have done better.
The dialogue is completely awful. The characters are unrealistic and boring, and some parts of the story I find quite inappropriate (the
kiss in the museum, the fact that
Hazel's mother let Augustus and her venture to a strange author's house by themselves, the fact that Van Houton led a terminally ill
girl and a terminally ill boy all the way to Amsterdam, etc).
The ending was unoriginal, abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying to me. It was not an engaging book for me, and was a total and utter disappointment. The
hype is undeserved.
(I do not have ANYTHING against
people fighting or who have fought cancer, though, please let me make that clear. I have had
people in my own family of whom had fought cancer. Believe me, I understand the matter of it. I just personally found the book disappointing.)
Person 1: "Hey, did you
read The Fault In Our Stars!????"
Person 2: "Yes, I did."
Person 1: "ITS FUCKING AMAZING,
RIGHT!??"
Person 2: "
Read Lord Of The Rings and talk to me again later."
