The Fault in Our Stars Latest by John Green
The story is about Hazel a 16 year old teenager who has been sick and terminal with Cancer, her parents insists she attends Cancer for kids support group. While there she meets a guy, Augustus who is there to support his friend Isaac who has cancer and has had to have an eye removed. Augustus himself had a leg amputated but is now cancer free.
Hazel and Augustus get talking, there is a spark between them; they discuss their favourite books and decide to read each other’s favourite novels before meeting up again.
Hazel and Augustus become good friends they both like each other a lot, they are plotting how to find out what happens to one of the characters mothers in Hazels favourite book and Augustus has been in touch with the author and is trying to organise a trip so that Hazel meets the author in person and will find out what happens the mother. But as she is deliberating she has a serious episode and she is taken to ICU.
After she gets home she finds out that Augustus never left the waiting room the whole time she was in ICU and they decide to go to meet this author with the support of one of the doctors.
While on this trip romance blossoms, they share a kiss and things go from there. While they are away Augustus confides in Hazel that he had a body scan recently and his cancer has returned and spread everywhere.
They return home to Indianapolis where his condition deteriorates and his form isn’t what it used to be and he is vulnerable and scared but Hazel still loves him as before.
Augustus plans a pre funeral for himself in his final days and Hazel and Isaac give eulogies, she says how much she loves him and how she wouldn’t trade any of the short time they have had together for anything in the world.
Augustus dies 8 days later and at his funeral as requested by Augustus is the author of the novel Hazel was looking for answers from.
This book is beautifully written, a friendship and relationship between two teenagers with a different outlook on life. The fault in our stars is an amazing book, beautiful and heart breaking at the same time. It’s not easy to read about sick children who are dying but the story between to two characters Hazel and Augustus is beautiful it will have you laughing and crying, and the same again.
The Fault in Our Stars is now a major movie too