Time for another book review!
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
(pause for effect)
Well.
Well.
We-ell.
As I'm sure you've probably noticed, TFIOS happens to be one of the most popular books right now. Though I can totally relate to being obsessed with books, I just cannot relate to being obsessed with this one. It is actually quite horrifying the images I saw when I googled "the fault in our stars." This is a cross-stitch pattern of "Okay? Okay."
Ahem. No comment.
I looked up "divergent" just to see what happened. Here are the results: pictures of the book covers, pictures of the actors in the movie, some fan art/jewelry/etc., but NOT A SINGLE CROSS-STITCH! Outrage!
I mention this just to make the point that though other books have become immensely popular (i.e. Divergent), TFIOS is still more popular than most new YA fiction.
Personally, I was disappointed by it. From what other people told me, this book would be practically life-changing: romantic and sad, a book that teaches you so many things about life and death and loss. While I was reading it, I kept waiting for some profound sentence or two that would make the whole thing worth my time. I never found anything too profound in it.
My absolute least favorite part of the book was the whole Hazel thinking her favorite author is going to be amazing and tell her everything that happens after the book ends. I think it makes her seem kind of self-centered and naive. First of all, she pretty much assumes that the author: a. knows everything that happens after the book ends, and b. is going to share that information with her. She always says how she doesn't like all the cancer perks and wishes she was treated normal, but without cancer perks, she wouldn't even be able to meet the author.
Just to be fair, here's my favorite part: Oh wait, I don't have one.
Though this wasn't my favorite book, I do recommend that sometime in your life you read it. Even just so you can watch the movie while keeping your integrity intact. (Rule of Life #1: You can't watch the movie before you read the book.) By the way, whenever I see the trailer for TFIOS movie, I fangirl a little. The movie looks really good. Maybe better than the book. (Even though Rule of Life #2: The movie is never better than the book — except for Lord of the Rings.)