The Fault In Our Stars

(The Fault In Our Stars = TFIOS)

Did you know that TFIOS is titled after Shakespeare? It talks about it in the book. Well, actually, I don't know if that's true, it's just a guess, but it talks about this Shakespeare stuff that includes stuff about the title. Behold: " 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves' " ~ The Shakespeare quote in TFIOS.

It was a good book. It was really well written and everything. I mean, the one question I have after reading this, is how in the world does John Green know how to be a teenage girl who thinks about life and stuff. I am a teenage girl who thinks about life and stuff for fun. Just how did he get that right? So, for those of you who haven't read it yet, you should read it if you like these types of things. (Not cancer books, but awesome love books)

Hazel Grace kind of reminds me of myself. It's also creepy.

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ TFIOS YET, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS POST UNTIL YOU DO. #SPOLIERALERT

So, TFIOS starts out depressing. For goodness sake, it's talking about depression. And then it makes you laugh. But it hasn't stopped being depressing yet...

I told my dad how depressing the beginning was, and then I laughed. It's like saying your grandma just died, but on the bright side she won't pinch your cheek anymore, except it's actually funny.

Good news, it becomes happy when she starts to hang with Augustus. And it is this bright, positive, little space in time, where the book is not depressing. But then Augustus bites it, and everything turns depressing again. It starts depressing, ends depressing, and somewhere in the middle, there are some happy thoughts. It seems as though it is only happy and not depressing when Augustus is alive and in the book.

Also, the ending is too long. There is too much 'After-Augustus' part. Some of the stuff in that part is good, and ties up most loose ends, but it just takes too long.  

So tomorrow, I am going to see the movie with my gran. Yep, Chapter 13 and all. Wish me luck!