(4 out of 5)
Before you sit down to read this book grab a box of tissues. You don't need them right away but trust me you will.
All the librarians are talking about this book. Amy told me I had to read this book. I'm not sure I'm going to take any more recommendations from her...:) I kid!
This really is a moving book. Although I just knew it was a tragedy from the beginning, how could it not be when most of the characters have some form of cancer, you can't put this book down. Mr. Green writes the main characters, Hazel and Augustus, with such humor and grace you hardly can believe that they are only 16 and 17. I think that the reality of having a disease like cancer can age a person, make them sound and feel older than they really are. But they still have their moments of teen angst. Hazel Grace has a type of cancer that cannot be cured, it can only be treated. She knows her days are numbered. Then she meets Augustus Waters at a Cancer Kid Support Group and he completely turns her life around. Augustus had the type of cancer that took his leg, but is in remission. Hazel doesn't want to get involved with Gus because she is afraid of him seeing her die. But Gus doesn't take no for an answer.
I bawled twice while reading this book, twice. So please have your tissues ready. But this book is so worth the crying because before the tears there is laughter and young love. Oh and it takes place in our very own Indianapolis! Very cool!
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