The Fault In Our Stars

So a quiet weekend at home feeling poorly was a perfect chance to watch a movie, when you can't move too far from the bathroom in case of accidents.  This is another movie that I am probably two decades too old for, but hey I read the book, and I didn't go to the cinema to watch it, as I knew I would leave with trails of mascara running behind me.

Like most movies made from the books, the book is better, but the movie is pretty good I thought.  It did a good job of capturing young love and the strange cancer world that Hazel and Gus live in.  Sweet with a touch of reality which kept it being syrupy.  3.5/5

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green (2012)

I feel a bit spoiled lately, in getting to read so many new books that have featured heavily on many blogs and on goodreads.  Many of our local booksellers just promote the bigseller heavy hitters and I find Amazon the worst place for finding books, especially the Kindle section.

So this book then.  Well it is the story of teenage first love,  of  Hazel  who is tolerating being at her Cancer Survival group, when she gets to meet Augustus Waters.

So, we join them on a journey, and I had to admire the author for finding an original voice and making me believe that I was sitting in the room with them.

Sweet and sad, smart and heart breaking all at the same time.  4/5