The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green tells the story of a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster and a boy named Augustus Waters. They both are battling cancer. This book tells their love story and their ways to cope with living with the disease. They bond over similarities as well as differences. They have their ups and downs with being checked into the hospital multiple times. However, the greatest twist in the book happens when Augustus suffers a relapse. Hazel needs to learn how to cope with seeing Augustus in pain and her own pain as well. I highly recommend reading this book and watching the movie. In my opinion, the movie portrays John Green's perspective of the book very well. I like this book because it portrays the bad in life and does not sugar coat the things that can happen to us.

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