The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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"Okay."

A word that we use in our everyday language, made momentous by this touching book. After I read this, it had given itself a boost onto the top of my reading list.

Many of you may have read The Fault in Our Stars before, due to its stupendous popularity. This popularity is well-deserved; make sure you keep that in mind before deciding not to read it. John Green has created a stunning plot that had me crying at the end. Filled with the right amount of tragedy and romance, you follow the adventures of Hazel Grace and Augustus, who struggle to get through teenage life as well as fight deadly sicknesses.

This book also struck close to my heart due to something that was going on with a person close to me. I found so many touching quotes that I managed to identify with, and felt just as Hazel did-- felt as if a book was one of my friends, someone that understood me. After reading through it the first time, I went back and almost finished rereading it before I had to leave for camp, leaving the first part of the book dog-eared due to all of the wonderful quotes I happened upon.

"'All salvation is temporary,' Augustus shot back. 'I bought them a minute. Maybe that's the minute that buys them an hour, which is the hour that buys them a year. No one's gonna buy them forever, Hazel Grace, but my life bought them a minute. And that's not nothing.'"

Before you think I'm giving you a spoiler, that was about a video game.

On top of the wonderful book, they're working on a film to come out in 2014. Although this film has huge expectations that will be almost next to impossible to reach, I still greatly look forward to it, and can't wait to see it.

Overall, this was a wonderful book. I would definitely recommend someone to read it, since not only does it have a great surface story, but it also has another great story hiding underneath the words.