THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.” - Augustus Waters; The Fault In Our Stars.
John Green was probably the most talked YA fiction author in early to mid 2013 (until now, really). His first breakthrough was Finding Alaska, and then continued by the bestselling The Fault In Our Stars. The thing about Green’s work that captured the attention of readers is the combination of ridiculously funny and endearing moments between the characters. He is able to create a universe of characters that interact with such chemistry that us, readers, could relate to. The whole concept of Green’s work is just so down-to-earth that we simply could not resist to delve further into it.
'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.'- Cassius to Brutus; Julius Caesar (Act 1, scene 2).
The Fault in Our Stars is most praised by critics and
readers alike. It revolves around the budding love story of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters. They probably come
off as a cliché of two teenagers finding love and having their summer fling but
here’s the catch: they’re both terminal cancer patients. So, there you go. You
get a glimpse of their feelings and lives and you might just be surprised at
what they thought of the world aka the rest of healthy living population.
On a side note, The Fault In Our Stars were optioned by Fox 2000 with Josh Boone directing and starring Shailene Woodley!
Up next: Have you, bookworms, read the uh-mazing Heist
Society series by Ally Carter? Well if you haven’t, you should. It’s
ridiculously brilliant!
Signing off, bookwormsoul.
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