Hello All,
In this post I talked about how one of my goals to 3 books this summer and I'm happy to say that I am off to a good start because while on my cruise I finished my first book, The Fault in Our Stars and I'm hear to share my thoughts on the book.
Spoiler Alert: The only way I can truly give my thoughts on
this book is if I give away some away some of the important details featured in
the book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. If you have not read the book
and plan to read it so see the movie please don’t read it.
I
want to start out by saying I plan to be 100% honest with all of you and some
things I might say when it comes to my opinions on this books may not make some
people very happy and I apologize for that but in reality I’m really not all
that sorry.
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The
Fault in Our Stars is the first John Green book that I have ever read and
everyone I knew couldn't stop raving about in, especially after the movie
trailer came out.
And
of course I decided I just had to read because I like to jump on bandwagons and
follow the trends and I was excited because I thought I would be reading a
earth stopping book. It had all this hype surrounding and I need to understand
the fuss. And after finishing the book I must say I don’t understand the fuss.
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Now
don’t get me wrong this book was great, the story was good, the plot made sense
and took me a little while to understand exactly what I didn’t like and came up
with 3 reasons this book didn’t exactly sit well with me.
One I found it predictable. As
soon as it really hit me that Hazel was the one telling the story I knew she
wasn’t the one going to die and I then knew that it had to be Gus. Now maybe
this is because everyone was talking about how sad the end was that I knew
someone had to die. Or I knew that it would be too predictable to have Hazel
die but seriously did it have to happen that I figured it out before page like
50? I like books that keep me guessing a little bit longer.
Going off the theme of the
ending, I felt that this story just kind of ended. There was no real wrap or
anything. Yes, I know that Hazel and Gus’ great love story ended with Hazel
knowing just how much Gus loved her and now she probably could have died happy
or something like. But it left me with the question how long after Gus’ death
did she die? I like to think that the characters have an afterlife where they
are now together forever but how long did Hazel have to wait?
Also couldn't she
have introduced her pre-cancer friend to Isaac so that he wasn't left alone
with no friends, no girlfriend and no sight. Oh, wait John Green I think I
have your next great love story, Popular pre-cancer friend falls in love with
blind boy and the two finally see the beauty of love!
But the final and most important
reason why I believe this book didn't quite sit with me right was that I didn't
like the characters. They didn't seem real enough for me. I felt as if Gus was
just to much of a smart ass, and I LOVE guys who are smart asses but he added
too of an “I’m better then you feeling,” as well. As for Hazel she was
understandably negative and understandably bratty and a little selfish for my
taste. And I know that she has a right to be, she’s dying for crying out loud,
but I still didn't like her, I was more annoyed with her then had sympathy for
her.
The one thing that I truly loved
about the book was the Hazel was to pre-occupied with what the world would be
like without her that she was the grenade. And during that process she fell in
love with the grenade and was forced to see what life would be like without
him.
I enjoyed the storyline with the
Dutch author, it was amazing to see who Hazel looked up to and there was a
point where I wondered if John Green was going to end the story the same way.
But he didn’t and instead I feel he wrapped up the Dutch author storyline to
quickly, like he was running out of ideas and just threw it together, in all
honesty, I’m still a little confused and might go back and read the last few
chapters over.
With all that being said I
wouldn’t rank The Fault in Our Stars as one of the best books I read but I also
wouldn’t rank at as one of the worst. I plan to see the movie when I can. And I
hope to God that they don’t pull a My Sister’s Keeper on us. (If you get that
reference we can be best friends, if not go read the books, have your heart
ripped out and then go watch the movie for the biggest disappointed ever).
My opinion is just one and I
encourage you to read the book, maybe you’ll understand the hype because even
if it wasn’t my favorite book ever, I still think, it’s a book worth reading.
What did you think of Fault in
our Stars? Let me know in the comments below but please be nice if you disagree
with me.
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I've been wondering about this after seeing the trailers. I think I may watch it on DVD but forget about reading the book.
ReplyDeleteI still want to see the movie, maybe in the next couple of weeks and I'll definately review it here as well, so I'll let you know if its any good. :) Thanks for reading!
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