This is definitely a book that makes you feel and think about things like your own mortality, standards of beauty and dealing with the loss of loved ones. It's not just a love a story, it's a story that will have you experience emotions while you go through the journey with the characters. 
 Fern is a girl who experiences an "ugly girl syndrome." She in not particularly pretty and she is awkward. That, however, does not stop her from loving Ambrose, a beautiful boy and a wrestler at her high school. She knows that someone as beautiful as him would never be with someone like her. 
 The main characters get re-united years later after Ambrose comes back from Iraq with half of his face disfigured. He survives, while four of his best friends do not. Ambrose struggles to find a way to live with his guilt and his new image. And here begins the journey of Fern and Ambrose, where they help each other heal and fall in love. It's beautiful, really. 
 In this novel there is also a story of a boy who is wheelchair bound because of a disease. It's a boy who is Fern's best friend and who she cares for throughout his life. It's a heartbreaking story of someone who accepts that his days are numbered but stays positive despite it and tries to experience as many things as he can until he dies. 
 All the poems and the references to Greek mythology incorporated into the novel were wonderful. I will definitely remember this book for a long time. I loved the characters, the beautiful words and the strong messages they delivered. 
 I could have totally lived without Bible quoting and references to God but they were few and didn't bother me as much. 
 If you still haven't read this book and you love romantic novels that will make you feel, you should definitely pick this book up. If you enjoyed 
 then you will probably enjoy this book as well. Please have a box of tissues ready.