The Fault in Our Stars

    The third and last book I read this summer is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  This book is about a girl named Hazel who has an extremely dangerous form of cancer. But not only does Hazel have to deal with her own hardships having cancer, her boyfriend also suffers from cancer, and her best friend has eye cancer, causing him to have to have his eyes removed.  This book takes the reader through the life of hazel and through all the issues and problems she faces in her every day life.

       The Fault in Our Stars made me realize how lucky I really am to have good health and for my family members to have good health.  Because of Hazel’s conditions she is forced to grow up faster than most other kids. Due to her life-threatening condition she dropped out of high school and got her GED so she could start college in case she passed away before graduating. Hazel had to be very brave in order to live with her cancer and still accomplish her goals. But, Hazel didn’t just have herself to focus on, towards the end of the book her boyfriend died of cancer, and she had to cope with the loss of the person she spent the most time with. Also, Hazel has to help one of her only other friends deal with losing all of his sight when he has to have his eyes removed. As you can see, Hazel has a lot to cope with.  I can’t even imagine what I would do if I were her!

     This book also made me consider how I would react if one of my family members or close friends had cancer like Hazel. Obviously, I would be really scared for the person’s well being. I would probably want to be around them a lot, just to make sure that their always okay. In the book, Hazel’s parents always try to spend as much time with her as possible. In the book, Hazel doesn’t really even think of her cancer as a bad thing usually, she just thinks of it as a way of life. I think the reason she thinks this way is because the people around her have supported her and taught her how to cope with her condition. I think that if I ever had a family member with a serious illness, I would try to help them take their mind away from their sickness so they don’t have to think about it too much.

     As you can tell, this book was really sad, but it was also very interesting. This book took me no time at all to finish; I couldn’t put it down! The Fault in Our Stars was a great book to finish off the summer with!

   ~Savannah Kingery