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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Rating: 5 Stars
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                I put this book off for a really long time. As in, it probably sat on my bookshelf for a good two months. Why? Because I’m the type of person who gets emotionally attached to the characters in a book (given the author is good enough to pull me in to begin with) and knew that tears would be shed with this one. So, I put off reading this book, if only just to spare my emotions.

                After I finally convinced myself to go ahead and read the book, I couldn't put it down. I sat down and read this book in one day. And let me just tell you… John Green broke my heart. Green managed to make me, and many others, fall in love with Augustus Waters in less than 300 pages. There’s something to be said about great character development in this day and age, when characters tend to fall flat and just become another name on the page. The characters in The Fault in Our Stars are beautifully developed, making you feel as if they've been your neighbor for your entire life. This isn't the kind of book that you just read; you don’t just sympathize with the characters, because you are the characters. You are Hazel Grace, you are Augustus Waters, you are Isaac, and you feel whatever they feel. This book was, by far, one of the best I've ever read and was completely worth the tears.

             

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