Friday, 2 January 2015

The Fault in Our Stars - Book/Movie Review

The Fault In Our Stars

Book / Movie review

           So this one is about the book that went viral among the youngsters of India, the movie that made a hit on the cinemas – The Fault in Our Stars.
           
           Some people might mistake this John Green book as a book about cancer, but it’s surely not one. Cancer is not what it depicts, it’s the emotion, the will to live, to love, and to long for something that you really want or need.
           
            The story starts quite casually, when two people meet at the ‘heart of the lord’ where a few kind people guide other people to fight cancer. As they meet and fall in love, the story revolves around other distinct yet interesting characters, out of which, one is Peter Van Houten. He’s the writer of that amazing book that the protagonist, Hazel Grace, can relate to. Hazel needs so many answers about his book where the story about many characters is left unsaid. It’s so natural how she wants to know about some imaginary characters of a fictional book and is ready to even fly to Amsterdam with lungs that suck! And by natural I mean, that we all do!
             
            Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters are both attacked by cancer but whenever one is low, the significant other is always there to lend a helping hand.
             
            They together help their just-gone-blind friend, Isaac, take revenge from a girl he cared about, by egging her car!
             
            The book is just so perfect for a modern love story, it’s all just like real life! When you read it, you’ll never predict what’s gonna happen next. It’s THAT unpredictable!
        
            ~~For those who haven’t read it or seen the movie or heard from a friend about it yet, the ending is an eye opener !!~~
         
             To be honest, when I myself was reading this book, I had tears in my eyes towards the end. It’s actually that much full of emotion. Cancer is just an element that the writer chose to display the message that disease can’t win over love, nor can death. Hazel denied this fact but Augustus later made her realise that it’s love over everything for them. In the end, maybe things go a little awry, but still, they didn’t change, nothing between them changed.
         
             The title just wants to say (according to me), that it’s not death or disease or misunderstandings that came between our love, maybe it’s the fault in out stars that did.
        
             If we talk about the movie, it’s just the perfect cast. All the people in the movie are exactly what I imagined them to be. To add to the beauty, so many renowned singers have contributed to make the musical part a huge hit, and they have surely succeeded ! Ed Sheeran, Birdy, onerepublic, and who not has contributed for this movie. Thank you all for making it even more interesting !
       
            It’s well casted and the scenarios are very well depicted, hardly leaving out any part from the book. But as always, the book is better than the movie!
        
           Over all, the book/movie is just really interesting, realistic, and an eye opener. I’d rate it 10 on 10 so it’s obviously a MUST READ.

Happy reading (or watching) guys!


   


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