Surviving on borrowed time, Hazel's story takes an unexpected turn when she meets Augustus Waters, a handsome young man who fought cancer himself. In his fourth solo novel 'The Fault in Our Stars', Green speaks about a young cancer-ridden girl, Hazel Grace Lancaster. He writes for you rather than to you, and he presents the events in such a way that you don't feel like you're reading someone else's story. See, it's Green's subtle talent to translate his thoughts into relatable words and make you believe that what happens in his books could have happened to you. But not the kind of tragedy that leads you into a depression, instead it's one that makes you analyse life in a way that makes you appreciate what you have. Now, Green typically writes books for young adults, and more often than not, they end in tragedy. So with that in mind, I decided to re-read the book and nostalgically relive the genius that is John Green.

In fact, with the big screen adaptation of 'The Fault in Our Stars' starring Shailene Woodley as the lead character, people have realised that there is a book out there I should probably read before the movie releases. John Green has been critically acclaimed for some time within the writing community, but only lately some of his novels like 'Looking For Alaska' and 'The Fault in Our Stars' have managed to achieve mainstream success.

The fault in our stars book review