"I wasn't expecting that." 
 "Loving can hurt" 
 "Would you lie with me and just forget the world?" 
 I kind of wanted to give this 5 stars by the end, but looking back, such a rating only applies to the final 30 percent of this book. I will say I've never rated a novel with this much romance this high, but without all the subplots of most of the romance books I've read recently, John Green has time to develop it more. I could see how Hazel grows as an individual throughout the course of the book without hating her at the beginning. John Green seems to get teenagers better than a lot of other writers. The conclusion was satisfying, but I didn't feel that hungering for more I do at the end of a lot of my favorite books. 
 I definitely can't say this was a perfect book. At some times I thought of giving this book three or three and a half stars because I was disappointed. I have a paperback copy from my local library's secondhand bookstore that's almost covered in ravings (on the front and back covers as well as the first six inside pages) as if this were some life-saving miracle. I didn't like Hazel as much at the beginning and during the last part of the Amsterdam trip after the trip to the Anne Frank House. I also thought the deep philosophical ramblings in the earlier 70 percent of the book were too frequent to have an real impact and they just seemed cheesy. At around 50 percent, it was becoming so slow that I thought at one point to dnf this book, but I'm glad I didn't. (view spoiler)[ At that point, Hazel had just had sex with Augustus and she kept looking over at him going "God, he's sexy" every ten pages or so. I wanted more of quirky, geeky Hazel and Augustus' jokes than her going all sick puppy and him going on with more quotable ramblings. (hide spoiler)] 
 Overall, a pretty good book, better than most of the romance books I've read recently, but I didn't cry or anything.