A review by cascadingcause
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

1.0

I read this before the big wave of fans started. My aunt regularly goes to book signings in Raleigh and she got me this book. I remember reading it in health class instead of listening to my teacher talk about STD's. I think that the characters are very bland. I don't think "love at first sight" is real, and I just think the characters thought they needed to experience "love" before they both die from cancer. I think that their language was a bit too exaggerated for teenagers. I don't know. It didn't click for me. I'm glad it does for other people though. I remember when it really hit that almost all the girls in my entire English college prep class did their book reports on this. I also remember them saying that this was the only book they didn't sparknote. If the truly vapid can enjoy this book, then you know it's not hard to read. It just sucks. You can tell this book was written by a man. Let me be clear, I have no problem with reading men's works. But John Green is a predator. Even the way he snagged his wife raises red flags, and it leaks into the book.