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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

31 reviews

saturnsreads's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Child death

michelle_my_belle's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cancer, and Medical content

insanebookperson's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Grief

emily_grace567's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Medical content, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

zsometimesreads's review

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol

martha88's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical trauma, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cancer, and Child death

sofiasco's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

liri_reads's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

kyarabereading's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

People give John Green a lot of $#!+ but I genuinely think he's a great author and TFIOS is proof of that. This book is funny, sad, and incredibly insightful. The characters remain loveable and realistic all the way through - even when you read a line that leaves you thinking "no teenager today would speak like a walking thesaurus but ok." The plot is one of those where not much happens, which is part of what makes it feel realistic. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but personally, I like books like that. And finally, I think this book has a great message. It gives the reader a lot to ponder when it comes to life and death and the fear of being forgotten and all that jazz. Green is great about inserting these little philosophical thoughts and conversations into his books - the sorts of things that we tend to obsess over, especially as we get older - and making them more digestible. It is interesting to read TFIOS through that lens, but also, I honestly think it makes this book that much more heartbreaking. 

If there's one thing I wish Green had done differently, it's

Spoiler

remove that part when Hazel and Augustus kissed in the Anne Frank House and everyone clapped. Every time I read it, I get the worst secondhand embarrassment. If I had a time machine, the first thing I would do is go back in time and prevent Green from writing that part, I'm so serious.

 

Anyway, I wanted to share a not-so-fun-fact from Mr. John Green himself. Apparently,

Spoiler

Hazel died about a year after Augustus. Isn't that sad as hell?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

bookbird's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I have to knock off a little something because this book is so pretentious and earnest it's frankly ridiculous, but I love it. So much. I first read TFIOS at around Hazel's age, and over a decade later, it's still special to me. Sometimes my brain doesn't let me see the beauty in this world, and John Green reminds me to look for it, even when it's almost unbearably hard and annoying to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Chronic illness