It has taken me a long time to read this book. Partly because i haven't had much opportunity to read, partly because, around the middle, every time I did read it, I'd get a few pages in and have to stop because I'd burst into tears. 
 As a person whose adolescence was plagued with seriously ill health, the thing i love most about this book is it's honesty. There is nothing about Hazel Grace that cries out for attention or pity. She battles with a quiet dignity, and i don't think I've ever had so much respect for a female character in a book. 
 I am a huge fan of John Green and have loved every book of his I've read. But there was something about this that was just special.As is typical in one of his novels, there is not a huge dramatic storyline. Instead, you get wrapped up and connected to the day-to-day lives of the characters. And I'd say it has one of the most heart-breaking, unexpected twists I've ever read. 
 This book is lightyears ahead of Green's other books, and I am really looking forward to his future work.