*Warning: There is the slight possibility of spoilers*
This book is, as previously stated, absolutely wonderful. It's everything you would expect of a book about cancer, except not really. The characters have a little more bite to them than your typical cancer characters. They're so hopelessly certain of their death that it makes them try all the more to enjoy life while they can instead of sitting around waiting for the sun to swallow them up.
Yes, it's a romance. What more do you want from cancer kids than to see them fall in love in their sweet little teenage-angst way? Seriously though, this book epitomizes young love and the definition of understanding what cancer is for those who are suffering because of it. The ending is a little bit different than you would expect, but that is all I'm going to say about that. If you want more detail, you'll just have to read the book.
I have a love/hate relationship with the author of this book, John Green. I like the simplicity of his writing style and the fact that he is really great with character differentiation/development. However, I think he simply makes all of his characters complete and total geniuses. In real society, this is simply not the case. Not everyone is going to be able to make Star Wars jokes and extensively quote T.S. Eliot. Although, I admit how great of a world would it be if we could? I did like the bit of humor in this book though. I liked the nerdy aspects and the references to literature that just abounded in this book, but my problem is that it was John Green's voice coming through instead of Hazel's actual character shining through.
Despite the fact that you're crying after you finish this book, it's a good thing. Crying can sometimes be a good thing after all. It's an easy read so if you have a day filled with watching TV and counting the stars, then you should pick up this book and give it a shot. It has got to be more entertaining than counting all those stars.
