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.
