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Normally, I hate romance novels. They're mushy and romanticize the actuality of love way too much. But this was different. I wouldn't even call it a romance novel. I wouldn't even say there was a romance. There was reality, and love occurs in reality as well as all of the other things, both pleasant and unpleasant, in life. There's a honesty in this book that is refreshing, yet it always rings sincere and true as well. My niece Thanda gets super high points for recommending this book; she's offi
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I liked this book. The candid tone was refreshing. And, I completely understand why the YA crowd loves this book. It's a love story - tragic and real, for which we dreamers all pine.
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Wow. John Green wins. This fictional story had me laughing out loud at the witty characters and their conversations as well as outlooks. He also had tears streaming down my face. I stayed up way too late finishing this book. I haven't felt this way about a novel in a long time. The characters felt real and I didn't want it to end.
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Two teens, Gus and Hazel, meet at a support group for teenagers who have survived or are battling cancer. Despite the crud heap that is their lives, the two begin to talk and build a relationship.
Gus and Hazel are unlike any couple you've read before. These kids are intelligent and brutally honest about the cancer that controls their world. This book takes you on their journey to fulfill lifelong goals in a fraction of a lifetime. The story is Nicholas Sparks with a much more brutal and honest ...more
Gus and Hazel are unlike any couple you've read before. These kids are intelligent and brutally honest about the cancer that controls their world. This book takes you on their journey to fulfill lifelong goals in a fraction of a lifetime. The story is Nicholas Sparks with a much more brutal and honest ...more
This book was one that I couldn't put down. I did however need many tissues to finish it.
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Save yourself some time and just watch the movie. The book and movie are fairly similar. I think the book goes on longer than it should. I found my mind wandering often but I wanted to finish what I started.
Have Kleenex handy! Loved it.
Recommended for high school
Aug 14, 2012
Elba
marked it as to-read
Jan 05, 2013
Matt Kropp
marked it as to-read
May 03, 2014
Sarah
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Jul 11, 2014
Vesna Todd
marked it as to-read
