The Fault In Our Stars: Review

The Fault In Our Stars(TFIOS) by John Green is a young adult fiction that tells the story of Hazel Lancaster, a sixteen year old who is a victim of terminal cancer. She meets Augustus Waters in one of the meetings she had in a Support Group she was attending. Basic teen love story of boy meets girl only with the added fact both characters are within grasps of cancer.

The entirety of the story was enjoyable. Both characters exchange thoughts that are out of the usual sixteen to seventeen year old's grasp. Though these thoughts may only be "one of the effects of dying". The story was also well-written as it shows the reader the experiences of a cancer patient and what may be going on in their head.

However.
I found the writing quite pretentious as it referenced on different arts and some of the thoughts that went through the characters minds. One instance was Gus having cigarette but doesn't light it. I also hated the part they got to go to Amsterdam, it was kind of a selfish gesture despite the attempt at romance.

Many people are going to disagree with me but to each their own. For instance, my favorite character would have to be Van Houten. The author of , An American Affliction. His character was shadowed as a mean old man who has "Churchillian relationship with alcohol". Despite that I saw him as a lonely misunderstood old man who was escaping reality in his own way.

Sad to say, unlike many others, I have not fallen in love with the book. It was an 'Okay' kind of book but not the "Okay" Gus and Hazel shared.

The new iPad

2 am Philippine time, announcements for the new iPad began. I followed websites such as Gizmodo, Engadget and Reuters to follow the news. Before going into the new iPad they first announced things about Apple TV, iCloud and how much iPad2s they were able to sell.

Moving on.

This new iPad basically bragged about the amount of pixels it is able to hold together. True enough, the display looks quite amazing. Add to that Retina Display, which the iPhone 4s has. Here are some of the other features the new iPad gained.

This new iPad is compatible to all sorts of bands. The fastest of which is the 4g LTE. Sad news for us, there are no carriers supporting it yet in our country. One of the things that amazed me, or to be exact the most amazing thing, I found worth pointing out was the iPhoto application. Looking at the features it included the iPhoto included it seems that it is one heavy application for mobile photo editing. Kudos to the new iPad for being able to run such an app.

Personally, I am not a fan of Apple and their products. The only Apple product I own is the iPod 3rd Gen which I am already too happy to live with. On the other hand, my brother owns an iPod Touch and our family shares an iPad2. I would not suggest rushing to buy the new iPad unless you are able to distinguish with your keen eyesight all those tiny pixels.

Gizmodo has provided a comparison of tablets released or to be released that may have fighting chance against the new iPad. Asus' Transformer Infinity seems to be its top competitor, beaten by a few pixels.

Disclaimer: Pictures not mine. They are from the websites I monitored and I do not know which image belonged to who.