"The Fault in Our Stars" Part Two

There was one surprise in this novel that for some reason I really did not see coming and that was the death of Augustus Walters. For some reason I was lead to believe that Hazel would be the first because I thought she was more ill than Gus. But John Green fooled me and I'm going to be honest I was not very happy since I prepared myself for Hazel to pass away first. I do understand why he did that though because one he wanted to keep the reader interested . And two I believe that the element of surprise is a theme of this novel. Since it is about cancer patients, it would be acceptable for the theme to be about that because they live off a day to day basis. They never know when something will go terribly wrong or even terribly right. Also the ending of this novel I liked how Van Houten actually comes to Gus's funeral and tries to make things right. Also thought it was adorable how Gus tried to finish the novel Van Houten wrote before he or she passed away. It all mixes in with the theme of the element of surprise and how you just never know for sure how things in life are going to go or how they are going to end or even when they are going end. The way Gus and Hazel ended their conversations with "Okay" I thought was a nice touch too. I believe that it's much better than saying "forever" or even "bye" , but it is a reassuring word. That no matters what happens to them in the future they will be okay. Everything will be okay. And it shows that they believe that nothing lasts forever , but there isn't maybe a real "ending" to anything either. No "good-byes" or anything along those lines. Even though it's a small part of the novel I think it served a bigger purpose and it wrapped into the novel's over all point very nicely. I could honestly read this novel over and over again and I believe that is what I'll be doing tonight. Restarting "The Faults in Our Stars" by John Green.

"The Fault in Our Stars" Part One

I usually do not like love stories or books because they make for unrealistic standards for love and guys in general but I enjoyed this book a lot. I wanted Hazel to fall in love with Gus. I wanted her to stop being so stubborn and just let herself love him because even though I could not actually see him I imagined him to be quite attractive and he just sounded perfect. Then again I totally understood Hazel. How she did not want to hurt him when she died. The same way she knew she was going to hurt her parents when she passed. I could relate with her in my own way. I see and understand why she was hesitated with her relationship with Augustus. Little did she know that she was not the sickest one in the relationship. I also understand her obsession with finding out the ending to An Imperial Affliction, which I also wanted to know the ending to. Personally I usually cheat and look at the end at a book and skim over the last few pages so it would've eaten me on the inside not knowing the ending to a book. So I can related to her frustration she feels when she actually goes to meet the author and he ends up being a drunk. I think John Green did it on purpose though because in reality we really do not know the ending to anything. We won't know when relationships end or when our life even ends because life is full of surprises, which is what I believe that this whole novel is based off of. I thought the whole time that Hazel was going to be the one to die first not Gus. And yes I did get a little teary eyed when that happened. Also I thought that we as readers would know the end of An Imperial Affliction even if Hazel didn't exactly know the ending. Although this wasn't an attack packed book or a scary on your feet book I still could not put it down. I wanted to know if Hazel and Gus were going to fall in love and live happily ever after. Of course that could not be the case because they both had cancer but that is what I wanted for them. I loved the character Hazel that Green produced because I feel like an teenage girl can relate to her in all different ways.