I adore John Green books and this one made me go through a roller coaster ride. The characters are wonderful and it really makes you wonder about life. It seemed realistic and I've reread this book multiple times because that's just how much I enjoyed it.

I couldn't put this book down... it was amazing, John Green did an amazing job of creating a story that helps teach people the struggles people have to go through. Definitely one of my favourites.

I actually liked the story and characters. Also reading about the characters visiting Holland felt very accurate. Great book but so sad that I broke into sobbing towards the end where I could not finish the book. I could barely finish the movie.

This is a tearjerker. It's a bit more of a teenager-book but adults can absolutely enjoy it as well. I cried (adult). I felt really attached to the characters but it is a very easy read.

Honestly I did enjoy the book, at least for the most part. BUT there were several times during the book where I was like “Do teenagers really talk like that?!?!” (none that I know of) The way they spoke seemed so absurd to me that much of the book became frustrating to read. I mean it was easy to understand, but just in my head It was harder to get to be on the characters level when to me the author tried way too hard to make them sound wise beyond their years….I don’t mean this in a good way either, it was more like wise in an ancient annoying way that no teenagers talk. And lets not even begin to talk about Peter Van Houten – The author of ‘An Imperial Affliction” that they go visit. >< I was annoyed beyond belief with his entire character.

The beginning of the book was much more interesting to me but then it took a turn. It was still good, but just not as good as I thought it was going to be. There was so much hype created around this book that I truly expected to be reading page to page loving the book, and wanting it not to end.

The characters of Hazel and Gus were great I mean I did like them, I loved how they were openly honest with the cancer they were going through, talking about ‘cancer perks’ and metaphors. But much of their dialogue was forced. Long drawn out sentences with big fancy wording and meaning, that half the time, well….didn’t make sense.

From first when Hazel and Gus started falling in love with each other I could almost call the ending of the book. I knew that was the turn the book was going to head in. So there really was no shocker for me. No big “ah-ha” moment. Just predictable.

But all in all I did enjoy it. I basically read it before my daughter just to see what all the hype was about. I think she will enjoy it. There were parts of the book that I enjoyed a heck of a lot more then the others. But that is a given with anything that we read.

I did a poll on my blog for the book that I should read next and this one was the winner. I have to admit I haven't been as excited to read this only because it was clearly a tear jerker. Any book that deals with realistic scenarios, I try to steer clear from. Only because It gets me so sad. I hadn't even heard of John Green until I started blogging and everyone was buying his book the day it released so here I was reading my first ever John Green book.

After fully investing my time in reading this one, I knew that August and Hazel were going to be the mature and responsible teens characters that everyone has been raving about. And you just know that it won't end well for one of them, and then they can't be together. See, that's the thing, I thought this book would be so incredibly moving and touching, and at certain points it was. When they're simply just being together and talking to one another, that's where the wonderful quotes are from.

But I also did have issues with it. I found their voice to be so incredibly mature and pretentious. These characters talked like adults. Their vocabulary is impeccable and impressive and I had to grab the good 'ole dictionary to find out what they were saying. I know this is a YA book but I know when I was a teen I wouldn't have grabbed a book like this (partially because there were none). I needed books that were addicting, that were almost fluffy and fun. This wouldn't have grabbed my attention at all, and kudos to the teens that love this. It just wasn't for me. It was predictable, and I felt the ending come up so suddenly, stopping and going in the middle and then finally slowing to an end.

Overall, I did enjoy The Fault in Our Stars, but I guess I was waiting to be mind-blown..Damn those high expectations!

I got this book a while ago, expecting a wonderful book as most of John Green's are. And I wasn't disappointed! Really gives you that real-life experience, it's not always dramatic. Life can sometimes be boring, sometimes sh*t will hit the fan. It's unexpected and confusing; life's a journey.

I had watched the movie first, big mistake. the movie was pretty good but the book had me in tears!

I loved this book from the moment I started it. The story is beautiful and it's well written. I would recommend it to everyone (and I have!)

It's the book that makes you Kim Kardashian ugly cry. Okay. Okay the line will be remembered forever. Overall, Green's style of writing is very captivating I'd rather read the book than watch the movie.