The fault in 'The Fault in out Stars'

I think it was the fact that he already had a large following of young adults due to his shared youtube channel. I agree though, there are so many other books out there that deserve the popularity and praise.

Ah okay, thank you for answering! x

I suppose different people make different connections. Personally, I feel as though you were given just enough background into their characters for you to be able to feel who they are and to act out scenes in your head with your own depiction of what the characters would be like.

the fact that they speak in that manner emphasises that they are different. they aren't your average close-minded teenagers, they are LIVING and I think the book is inspirational.

i like how the book is real like they know they're dying because everybody is. the story is intriguing i.m.o

I read something once about a metaphor in the book linked with the grenade on the video game that Augustus and his friend. It went on about how the character on the game jumped on top of the grenade to save the people on it, and then describes how (SPOILER ALERT) Augustus' death was him jumping on the grenade that Hazel described herself to be. Can't quiet remember exactly how it went, but it was something along them lines and it was pretty cool.

Also the part where they were watching a movie on the plane,and although they both pressed play at the same time,Augustus' movie ended first,symbolising how he'd die before Hazel.
****ing genius

Also the part where they were watching a movie on the plane,and although they both pressed play at the same time,Augustus' movie ended first,symbolising how he'd die before Hazel.
****ing genius

Finally (sorry for the long post) this book was just too similar to all of Green's other YA novels. Main character meets romantic lead who is mysterious and meaningful. They go on a sentimental journey together and realise ultimate truths about the world. Romantic lead dies and main character is left to ponder their existence and why romantic lead was taken so young. The only difference here was that the roles were genderbent and cancer was added to the mix.
I didn't feel as though this book portrayed young people, let alone young people with cancer well at all.
There are definitely books which deal with the sensitive subject matter better.

Augustus was a pretty annoying male lead; him being so pretentious made me want to put the book down a lot of the time.

Hit the nail on the head here, it's why I'm not a huge fan of his books, nearly all his books have characters with similar voices and plots to some extent as you've mentioned. That same humour that all his main characters have, similar sidekicks to the protagonists etc. He's not that great a writer.

This. I hate pretentious characters. How can people swoon at him?

I agree. I read the first couple of chapters and I honestly found it quite patronizing and obnoxious. I felt like the characters were too overworked, like they were trying too hard to be relatable to teenagers.

Idk, it might just have been me

Accurate! I got so pissed off reading it plus the language was just arrogant! Couldn't understand what was being said most times!

I have never come across teens that spout long sophisticated monologues in the middle of conversations, therefore I found it a little hard to connect with the characters. I also found them a little to pretentious and try hard; but john green does seem to have a way with words.

It really was. The characters were far from their charming descriptions.