I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green about a month ago or maybe a little longer, and I totally and absolutely loved it, I may even have experienced a little emotional breakdown at certain points but it's part of the story, part of what makes it so good it's that you somehow find a way to relate to it, even though the actual situation isn't happening to you.
I think John Green just has a quote for everything, name a problem and he's got the perfect metaphor to go with it. He's way of writing and telling the story is like you were slowly getting yourself into a new world you have always been on and never realised before, or maybe it just seems familiar and that's why you don't feel new and outsider, you are a part of the story, you care about the characters, what happens to them affects you (emotionally at least).
Those are the best books, those in which you can totally get lost in and when they end you find yourself lost in your own sea of thoughts and feelings, trying to understate the effect of simple compilations of ink, paper and words. A state you go thru completely on your own and that won't probably ever make sense to anyone else you try explaining yourself to.
I'm not sure how much of a book review is this, or if it's just the post-reading feeling I'm explaining here but I can't find a better way to describe this awesome book.
I think John Green just has a quote for everything, name a problem and he's got the perfect metaphor to go with it. He's way of writing and telling the story is like you were slowly getting yourself into a new world you have always been on and never realised before, or maybe it just seems familiar and that's why you don't feel new and outsider, you are a part of the story, you care about the characters, what happens to them affects you (emotionally at least).
Those are the best books, those in which you can totally get lost in and when they end you find yourself lost in your own sea of thoughts and feelings, trying to understate the effect of simple compilations of ink, paper and words. A state you go thru completely on your own and that won't probably ever make sense to anyone else you try explaining yourself to.
I'm not sure how much of a book review is this, or if it's just the post-reading feeling I'm explaining here but I can't find a better way to describe this awesome book.