The Fault in our Stars by John Green (book review)

        The Fault in Our Stars might be one of the most popular books nowadays and I really understand why. It tackles such a realistic situation in our society today - which is dealing with sickness, particularly cancer. This book showed such raw, believable emotions that any one of us can identify ourselves with characters such as Hazel, Gus, and maybe even the infamous Van Houten. More than that, Green was able to show the truth of life - that it almost never happens the way we want it to. This, in my opinion, made it very relatable to many readers, and also made it very interesting to read (because it did not have the "happily ever after" we expect in almost all the books we read). For those of you, who haven't read the book, I'll give you a short background on it: Hazel thought that maybe her life couldn't get any better. She was constantly on medication and though she wasn't exactly terminal, she felt like her life wasn't going in the pace it should've been. Her life changes, though, the day she meets the fun and easy going Augustus Waters. Things, however, don't go the way it was planned and a lot of unexpected things happen. Although it is through all this that Hazel realizes that life almost always doesn't go the way you want it to but it doesn't mean that you should stop living it.

        Over-all, I really did like the book and again, I really encourage you all to read it. Moreover, I'd like to add that if this book were ever considered to be a movie, I would like the following actor and actress to play the characters: Emma Watson to play Hazel and Matthew Atkinson to play Augustus.

        I picked Emma Watson for the following reasons:
1. She is probably one of the only actresses that manages to still look gorgeous in a pixie haircut (this is good for Hazel because she had short, slightly-boyish looking hair in the book but still managed to looked pretty as she was able to make the very good looking Augustus Waters fall for her)
2.   She is a good actress. I think she will be able to capture the different sides of Hazel as her character develops throughout the novel.
3. Although she is already in her twenties, Emma can pass for a sixteen year old (Hazel's age). Just give her the right hair, make-up and clothes and we're good to go.

     I picked Matthew Atkinson for the following reasons:
1. He is very good-looking (just watch him in Jane By Design). In the book Hazel describes Augustus as the "hot boy" in her cancer support group.
2. He is muscular. In the book, Hazel describes Augustus as "long and leanly muscular." If you'd look at Matthew Atkinson's pictures, you may agree with me that he seems to fit the profile of Augustus.
3. He has this easygoing smile that can come off quite genuine and if there's one thing you could describe Augustus Waters with, it is genuine.
4. He acts fairly well. I'm judging this, however, on his acting in the television show Jane bt Design. I think he deserves his big break on the big screen (if this book were ever turned into a movie)

So, just to give you a glimpse of what I imagined the poster would be, here is a photoshopped version of it, using the pictures of the actor and actress I mentioned above:

Again, this was a work done by me, Millie. It is not professional work so please don't be so critical on it.