'The Fault in Our Stars.'

February 27, 2014

I love this book.

  I'm starting this thing where I read a book then design a cover that I feel suits the book. It's something fun I hope to do all year, and until I stop reading books. The best part about it is that it doesn't matter what other people think because it's for me and how I imagined the characters, if I choose to put them on the cover.
  The Fault in Our Stars, written by John Green, is a great novel for anyone to read. This girl, Hazel, or Hazel Grace (that's what Gus calls her), isn't all that social, and her parents want her to go to these meetings where other young people talk about their struggle and feelings during their cancer and also those who are in recovery and relapse phase (right term?). She meets this guy, Gus, or Augustus Waters, who is so intrigued with her, and they start seeing each other more and more. I don't want to say anything more because YOU NEED TO READ THE BOOK. :) It's a very cute romance between these two young people with, what I think, deep souls, and Gus is such a sweet heart and interesting guy.

"They don't kill you unless you light them," he said as Mom arrived at the curb. "And I've never lit one. It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do the killing."

  Wow. What teenager is as interesting as that?! I know when I was that age I wouldn't have thought of something that deep. I think that's my favorite part about Gus, along with his romanticism. Their relationship is adorable, and Green's writing is very easy for me to follow and read for hours. I'm on my fourth book of his, and I want to just read everything he's ever written.

I was crying. But even then he was strong, holding me tight, so that I could see the sinewy muscles of his arms wrapped around me as he said, "I'm sorry. You'll be okay. It'll be okay. I promise," and smiled his crooked smile.

   That bold line... it's just great. It just stuck out to me because that's how I feel when I tell people I'm feeling "fine" or I'm doing "okay", trying to sound like I'm positive. Overall, it's a quick, great read, may or not have a happy ending (no spoilers here!), and I had fun thinking of what kind of cover I could think up. I love the original cover, so I didn't want to lose that, just add some illustration and little things here and there. GO READ IT.