BOOK REVIEW: "The Fault In Our Stars"- Another novel that will be made into a movie!

"As he read I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly and then all at once"

Yesterday it was announced that John Green's YA novel (that stands for Young Adult FYI) The Fault In Our Stars will be released as a film on June 6, 2014. This film has already been in the works starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Willem Dafoe.

Entertainment Weekly announces new film release date

I could not be more excited for this novel to become a film. Just like the quote, I fell in love with this book instantly, reading it within one day.

"Sometimes you read a book and it fills you this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read this book."

Take a girl and a boy, both young, both diagnosed with different terminal cancers. One is barely holding on and one is in recession. Hazel has accepted her fate. Augustus has fought and won.

Now give them a reason to want to survive. Let them fall in love.

Hazel is resistant. She knows her fate and doesn't see the point. She is obsessed with a book about someone in her exact position. But the end of the novel leaves her feeling uncertain and she has spent years seeking out the writer to write a sequel or to at least tell her the ending.

Augustus falls for Hazel instantly and wants to give her everything. He wants to give her the stars and make all her dreams come true.

and then the conflict.

"What a slut time is. She screws everybody".

I don't want to give too much away about this because I truly advocate for everyone to read this story. It is an emotional roller coaster and a love story that demands to be heard. It is optimistic yet painful all at the same time.

'"That's the thing about pain" Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. "It demands to be felt"'

It is truly such a beautiful story and one of the reasons I fell in love with John Green's work. I have 2 other novels by him since this (Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns) and it is his writing style that I like. It is so true and deliberate. While it has its poetic moments, for the most part it stays true to the voice of each character. And there is always something so intriguing about the lead characters. Something admirable. Hazel's love for this novel. Augustus's everlasting optimism. They are qualities to admire in individuals. Both of these individuals are facing death directly in the face and still find something to be strong for.

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we use to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he has. But Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. You gave me forever within a numbered days"