Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
I wouldn’t usually touch a book about two sick teenagers with a barge pole. I don’t like sob stories or misery memoires, but so many people had raved about the book, I thought it was at least worth a look.
From page one, I was absolutely hooked.
Charming, laugh-out loud funny, real and bitter sweet, it’s a book whose characters I loved from the moment author John Green first introduces them. The book engages readers on the realties of being alive, the inevitability of death and the ways in which those two collide.
The book explores the issue of death with a remarkable sensitivity and a large dose of humour.
Hazel and Augustus are smart, quick-tongued and very honest. They don’t cover up the difficulties of sickness, but they also ‘live life to the fullest’ in the least-cheesy sense of the phrase.
This is a great book for young adults, grown ups and everyone in between. A definite must-read.
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