Hardcover, 318 pages
English language
Published Aug. 8, 2012 by Dutton Books.
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
I am gonna be a man and admit that this book hit me at a deeper level. I was invested in the characters, laughing and crying along with them. I should have given this book a chance when I first heard of it. I would recommend you pick this one up and read it if you haven't yet, if you are anything like me you wont regret it.
Mann, wasn Buch. ich hab das Ding in n paar Tagen "inhaliert", gestern Nacht bin ich 2 Stunden länger wach geblieben, weil ich das Ding im Bett noch weggelesen habe.
Das Thema des Buches ist hart, weswegen ich es letztlich erstmal nicht an meinen noch jungen Nachwuchs weiterreiche. Das Buch ist aber großartig geschrieben, erstaunlich humorvoll, sensitiv, kreativ. Absolute Empfehlung für jeden, der sich auch mal außerhalb der üblichen Sujects bewegen will.
Hazel meets gorgeous Augustus Waters at a support group of kids with cancer through a common friend that is about to become blind. Hazel and Augustus connect immediately and try to write a bit of magic into their lives, and live for themselves for once - even if just for some days.
I read this book in one day and I marvelled at how interesting this story was because it was so well written that it even made me laugh out loud - which is no small feat minding the topic. I simply adored the characters and their capability of understanding each other through shared pain and good humour. I could not put down this book and I pestered friends with quotes. However, as the book progressed, the passages I highlighted became less and less frequent. I am not sure what happened, but the story started dragging and I still …
Hazel meets gorgeous Augustus Waters at a support group of kids with cancer through a common friend that is about to become blind. Hazel and Augustus connect immediately and try to write a bit of magic into their lives, and live for themselves for once - even if just for some days.
I read this book in one day and I marvelled at how interesting this story was because it was so well written that it even made me laugh out loud - which is no small feat minding the topic. I simply adored the characters and their capability of understanding each other through shared pain and good humour. I could not put down this book and I pestered friends with quotes. However, as the book progressed, the passages I highlighted became less and less frequent. I am not sure what happened, but the story started dragging and I still do not understand why. Maybe it was because I predicted the plot and the witty moments almost disappeared. Maybe it was the way of the author to show that life goes on, even when you do not have anything to show for it. I was willing to give it 5 stars, but after the last third I have to reduce it by one. Awesome read though.
