The fault in our stars by John Green

What a lovely, sad and inspiring read this is. There has been so much buzz about this book and after reading it, I must say it is well deserved. Time Magazine called it "damn near genius", and the book's #1 position on multiple best seller lists supports this glowing review.

16 year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is living with cancer. It will never leave her, she will never be cured, and most likely it will eventually kill her. Whilst at a Cancer Kids support group, she meets Augustus Waters, cancer survivor, amputee, and really hot teenager. Both know what it is to look death in the face, and it is this unique view of life that both hinders and nurtures their budding friendship, and later, their love for each other. The story follows their relationship not only with each other, but with their friends, with the families who love them and don't want them to die, and with the ever present cancer that threatens to separate them. 

Green writes with an eloquence and poetry that the rest of us can only dream of. The subject matter of this story will stay with you, and the beauty of his language will sink equally as deep. I will remember this book not only for its painful plot, but for the joy of reading every sentence. You will laugh a lot, you will definitely cry, sometimes you might feel sick at the injustice of life (I did), but you will love these characters and you will not regret meeting them.

Caitlin @ Balwyn.

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