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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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I just put this lovely book down and sat and cried. I love the story of these two teenagers who meet in a cancer support group. Hazel, has a cancer that will someday take her life. Augustus, his leg amputated and his cancer in remission. Both characters are terribly likable - and even better, they are realistic. Yes, this is a tear-jerker. But its a smart tearjerker. I am sure there are "lessons to be learned on love" that shall come later but for now, I am just reveling in the beauty of a well-
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The idea of a book about children with cancer sounds horrible: so easy to slip into stereotypical and boring cliches, to be overly sentimental and maudlin. But John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars is nothing less than extraordinary for its utter avoidance of these tropes.
Stars is the story of one Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl who has cancer. She begins the book by telling us that her mother thinks she is depressed; Hazel says that in everything she has read about cancer, depression is li ...more
Stars is the story of one Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl who has cancer. She begins the book by telling us that her mother thinks she is depressed; Hazel says that in everything she has read about cancer, depression is li ...more
A love story about teenagers with cancer. I know, it sounds awful...I thought so too which is why I took so long to get around to reading this one. I was missing out! This is the perfect blend of the sarcasm of teenagers, the existential questions of humanity, and the excitement of young love.
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