{"id":3297,"date":"2013-08-16T17:04:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T07:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezramagazine.com\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2013-08-16T17:04:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T07:34:04","slug":"review-the-fault-in-our-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezramagazine.com\/?p=3297","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW &#8211; The Fault In Our Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weheartit.com\/entry\/72765370\/via\/11madeline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3298\" alt=\"large\" src=\"http:\/\/ezramag.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/large.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Reviewing a novel I have read and thoroughly enjoyed is like trying to recount the best moments in my life in under a paragraph. &#8216;The Fault In Our Stars&#8217; by American author, John Green, certainly has is moments that are seldom seen in other novels of its type.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">What is pleasing to read about in &#8216;The Fault In Our Stars&#8217; is how the characters are grounded and thoroughly planned. The chemistry between Hazel Lancaster (the narrator) and Augustus Waters is something that is rarely touched on in most young-adult novels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8216;The Fault In Our Stars&#8217; is a novel about death, defiance and above all, how illness can in some way help to define the love one has for another &#8211; the capacity they are willing to go through.\u00a0Entering into the mind of sixteen-year-old Hazel Lancaster, the reader is immediately faced with illness, the longing to live, and the compassion that people have for each other &#8211; both healthy and ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">John Green is an exceptional writer for the story he has fictionalised and encourages the reader to deviate between feeling remorse and happiness at the same time &#8211; a skill writers strive to have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The story of Hazel Green and Augustus Waters is one that will stick in the recesses of my mind for a while. They loved each other, fought for each other and most of all, they understood one another. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">When one character is written in such a way that allows the reader to embody them, then they too become the character for the rest of the novel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Praise for John Green.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Review: <em>It&#8217;s a metaphor &#8211; so keep on living.<br \/>\n<\/em>Rating: 4.5\/5 Stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Other reviews: <a title=\"REVIEW \u2013 \u2018The Book Thief\u2019 by Markus\u00a0Zusak\" href=\"http:\/\/ezramagazine.com\/2013\/05\/09\/review-the-book-thief-by-markus-zusak\/\">&#8216;The Book Thief&#8217; &#8211; by Markus Zusak<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy? Reviewing a novel I have read and thoroughly enjoyed is like trying to recount the best moments in my life in under a paragraph. &#8216;The Fault In Our Stars&#8217; by American author, John Green, certainly has is moments that are seldom seen in other novels of its type.\u00a0 What is pleasing to read about in &#8216;The Fault In Our Stars&#8217; is how the characters are grounded and thoroughly planned. 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