The Fault in Our Stars Blog #2

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green was so easy to read and I could not put it down. I finished so quickly and was sad when it was over because I wanted it to keep going. However, the ending was very appropriate. The physical relationship between Augustus and Hazel had ended before the ending, but I believe that Hazel's attitude towards his death, showed that the spiritual relationship between them will never end. They were in love and not for long before Augustus passed away. Also, throughout the book, Hazel wanted to know how the book An Imperial Affliction ended because the main character had also suffered from cancer and died before the book was "finished." That came to an end because Augustus had wrote an ending for her just so that she could have answers. Once the plot twist happened,  the ending was kind of predictable because Augustus said that his cancer was terminal so I knew that he was going to die by the end of the book. However, I was wondering if Hazel was going to survive or if the end of the book was going to be here dying as well. But I liked how Hazel did not die during the book because it would have been very emotional and I think the ending would be a little awkward if it just ended mid sentence. But I think even before I knew Augustus' cancer was terminal, I knew that the ending of the book was going to be sad whether it was Augustus or Hazel passing away so that part of it was predictable. But I don't think that anything in the book related to the ending was not out of left field. It all made sense and related to other parts of the book well. I really respect John Green as a writer because he does an awesome job ending the book appropriately and doesn't do anything too crazy that would make the book or even the ending seem unrealistic. I really enjoyed this book, definitely in the top of the best books I have read.

The Fault in Our Stars Blog #1

Since I last blogged, I have read another John Green book and I have to admit that I liked The Fault in Our Stars much better than Looking For Alaska. John Green's style as an author just intrigues me and I can not even pinpoint exactly what it is about his writing that I like so much. Going into TFIOS, I knew that it was going to be a sad book but at the same time it was so happy. Through these fictional characters, Augustus and Hazel, I could feel as if I was reading about a real relationship that was happening in real life and I loved it. However, there is a plot twist that I was not expecting right in the middle of the book. Hazel has cancer and Augustus started the book as being in remission from cancer. But when the couple travels to Amsterdam as a wish for Augustus, he shares that he went to the doctor for a check-up and the cancer had spread to many parts of his body and it is terminal. At the beginning of the book, I thought that Augustus would have been the one dealing with Hazel's death because her cancer is also going to be terminal. But the plot twist happened and Hazel had to go through the heartbreaking event that was Augustus' death, her first love. I never expected this plot twist because Augustus was acting as such a strong man, recovering and getting better every day, but it was the opposite. It did make the story more interesting and when Augustus told Hazel that the cancer had come back, I felt for them in the moment and actually cried while reading the plot twist. I usually don't cry at books and I know I liked this book when I cried at what was happening. I think without this plot twist, the book's ending was very predictable and I think that was the reason John Green included such a heart-wrenching plot twist. I think John Green does a great job giving details about the characters which makes the plot twist a lot more difficult to read and not get emotional. However, I did not like how the plot twist happened and then Augustus died not long after. And I know that is the point but I wish there were a couple more events in between to really feel the sadness between Hazel and Augustus. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and the plot twist made the book ten times better, but also ten times more sad.