Two facts make this a very unlikely obsession:ġ) This is a Young Adult (YA) novel - a book for teenagers.Ģ) Both main characters are teenagers who have cancer.īut it's not like this is some kind of cheesy teenage "Love Story." I hate that I've read it because there's nothing I want to do more than read it again for the first time.
Family and friends would confirm that "The Fault in Our Stars" is all I can talk about. That one is astonishing: Days after I finished reading his book, I'm still shaking. That's a pretty neat trick.īut that's not John Green's best trick. GradeSaver, 26 January 2016 Web.Hazel Lancaster says that in "The Fault in Our Stars," a novel that leaps off the page and makes you think of those books in your life, and more - that this book knows you so well it reads you. Next Section Character List Previous Section About The Fault in Our Stars Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Cohen, Madeline. Hazel copes with Augustus's death, comforting herself with the strength of her family and a letter about her that Augustus sent to the author before his death. The author attends Augustus's funeral and tries to apologize to Hazel she realizes that his book, which is about a young girl with cancer, was based on his daughter who died. They return home and Hazel stays by his side until his death. At the end of the trip, Augustus reveals to Hazel that his cancer has come back and is much worse than the previous time. They are able to take this trip, but when they arrive to meet the author he is drunk and surly. She introduces Augustus to her favorite book, and he forms a plan in which they will travel to Amsterdam together (using the "Wish" given to him by a foundation for children with cancer) to meet the reclusive and mysterious author and find out what happens after the book's end. Augustus has been in remission after losing his leg some years prior, so Hazel hesitates in starting a relationship with him, not wanting to hurt him if her illness takes another turn for the worse.
She attends a support group at a church there, she meets a friend named Isaac and a romantic interest named Augustus. Her cancer began as thyroid cancer but spread to her lungs, causing her to need to breathe oxygen from a tank at all times throughout the day. Despite this, she is a girl with a vibrant mind, biting wit, and incredible empathy for the position into which she puts her parents of having to care for her. Hazel Grace Lancaster has been living with cancer for three of her seventeen years of life.
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