A review by lenorayoder
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

emotional sad
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I liked a lot of the themes and there were some really good lines that will stick with me. Even though I saw it coming the last chunk of the book still made me cry. Felt intensely 2012 and teenagery at times, which I'd consider a good thing given that's who this book is written about and for. 

Unfortunately, a lot of the characters didn't feel like real people to me. The narrative always felt like it was keeping too much distance for the characters to become fully realized. As a consequence I never really bought into the love story as much as I wanted to. That distance also made the timeline feel unclear unless explicitly stated, and as a result the pacing also felt off. 

I see why this was a sensation and I'm glad I read it, but I'm just a little too old (and too into character-focused stories) for it to hit me the way it might have ten years ago.

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