I give this book 3.5 stars and feel kind of bad about it... I feel like the book was way overhyped by the time I got to it which is never a good thing. Obviously going into it I knew someone was going to die - this is a cancer book after all so unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I was neither surprised nor deeply upset when it happened. I made sure not to become too invested in the characters because I knew it was coming. so no, I did not cry... Maybe got choked up when first finding out Gus was terminal again. 
 so with that said, the book still deserves the 4 stars because John Green is a fabulous writer and I would love to read more books of his - hopefully ones with lighter subjects. I don't usually go for books like this to read so the change of pace was good but overall, I'm underwhelmed after all the ridiculous hype this book received and continues to receive.