RaveExpress (UK)At its heart The Fault In Our Stars is a love story but there is no saccharine sweetness to be had in the harsh realities of cancer treatment. John Green brilliantly captures the voices of a young generation while instilling it with the wisdom of a life that has lived too much yet will never live enough. Rather than depressing, the book is filled with dark humour and is written with a beautiful simplicity that draws the reader in so deeply that it’s not just the twists and turns but the gentle bends and curves that you feel tugging at your emotions. It is impossible not to root for Hazel and Augustus and laugh with them as they search out the reclusive author, while the inevitability of death gets ever closer. No doubt in the end you will cry but you will also feel that you have discovered a little something about living.
