A proud piece of work published by American author and Youtube content creator, John Green, The Fault in Our Stars brings you on a roller coaster of emotions as it touches you with the story of how two teenage cancer patients, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, find love, hope and closure on their venture together as they search for Peter Van Houten, the author of their favourite novel.
Green intended to tackle the realities of teenage cancer patients to the world. Did this book bring you to question some of the conventions associated to this subject? How did this book inspire you on how mutually supportive relationships can change the lives of struggling individuals?
Augustus Waters was terrified not of death, but oblivion. Would you agree with him that one truly dies when there is no mark left of you on this planet, and why?
Hazel also believed that she shared a rare and personal mutual understanding of life and death with Van Houten, thanks to his work, An Imperial Affliction. Have you ever felt such a connection, to the extent that these books are “so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal’? What kind of book is that, and why do you think it feels so special to you?