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> Genre: Fiction > CB VI #2: The Fault in Our Stars

CB VI #2: The Fault in Our Stars

January 9, 2014 by lowercasesee 2 Comments

The Fault in Our Stars

I kind of wish I could sue John Green for emotional damages because this book fucking broke me. I’m talking, full-on, Clair-Danes-worthy-ugly-crying-alone-in-bed broke me. Ugh. I mean, in a good way. But still. I haven’t fully recovered from this book.

Hands-down, Hazel’s dad is one of my favorite dads in literature. I love my father, I have the best dad in the history of ever, but if you offered to let me swap for Hazel’s dad, I’d have to stop and consider it. There’s a beautiful piece of advice he gives her toward the end of the book that just started the ugly crying back up again.

A good friend of mine who’s opinion of books I trust very much expressed some wariness about TFIOS, calling it “Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Now With Added Cancer Pathos.” Which is not entirely wrong and I definitely see where she’s coming from. My counterpoint was that the book is from Hazel’s point of view, so she’s telling her own story instead of being an ornament in someone else’s life.

Also, being a player in anyone’s life and a figure of any importance whatsoever is the last thing Hazel wants to be. This is a book starring cancer kids. Hazel, heartbreakingly, describes herself as a grenade. Not the Jersey Shore ugly friend that the wingman jumps on for his bro (oh god, why do I know that), but rather an emotional time bomb

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  1. narfna says

    January 9, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    I hate when people write about the MPDG trope becuase they inevitably misunderstand it, so thank you for using it correctly. Hazel is the exact opposite of a MPDG.

    Most people are like, oh, she’s smart and quirky! MPDG!!! MUST HATE BOOK!!! It makes me want to punch things.

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  2. The Mama says

    January 12, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    I want to read this. It’s in my pile of stuff to read. Every Cannonball review has been great.
    I just…I don’t know if I’m emotionally able to do it.

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