When Hazel shares her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, with Augustus, he immediately falls in love with it. He ends up using his 'Wish from the Genies' to meet the author together with Hazel. The pair travel to Amsterdam to talk to Peter Van Houten about his book.
And this is where everything escalates.
John Green's work is a tragedy; a tragedy so beautiful that even Shakespeare would praise it. Green wrote the story in Hazel's point of view in such a way that she stood out as smart, fierce and real. And while the plot itself turned out to be really amazing, though there is one thing that did not seem realistic. Augustus' big words wouldn't be used by a normal seventeen-year-old boy.
I am so happy that I picked up The Fault In Our Stars and flipped it open. I did not know what to expect at each turn of the page because I did not have any idea how Green writes and I do not usually read books like this. But I'd recommend this book to every teenager, especially to those who love romance, witty humor and heartbreaking events. This book taught me--a mere teenager who spends a lot of time reading--a lot about the value of life, the weight of loss, and how love can overcome fear.