The Fault In Our Stars Review

John Green has been critically acclaimed in the writing community for some time, but lately some of his novels have managed to achieve mainstream success. Stories like Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns and most notably The Fault In Our Stars, have caught the attention of young people across the globe.

The Fault In Our Stars goes through a cliché time-line of boy meets girl, boy falls for girl and then the long journey of the girl falling for the boy. But what distinguishes TFIOS from the rest is that Green doesn’t just tell you the story, he makes you believe it.

The book revolves around Hazel Grace, a sixteen year old girl with stage four cancer “with an impressive and long-settled satellite colony” in her lungs. Green takes Hazels teen angst and depression and puts it into perspective for the reader.

Green’s ability to not only write a mesmerising plot, but also riveting sentences gives this book the sort of majestic quality that most young adult books today severely lack. Although this book is written for teens, this novel speaks to people of all ages about time and the basic human need to live.

The Fault in Our Stars now sits at the top of the ‘New York Times’ bestsellers list for young adult/chapter books, and has a movie due to premier in June. Green spares his readers no detail when it comes to cancer, which makes this book all the more beautiful because of it. It helps you understand the characters and what they are going through, and encompasses the hope that even though the fight most days is hard, there is always a will to fight.

Text by Cassie Armenis