Dear John Green,
I am absolutely in love with your most famous novel The Fault in Our Stars so far. I especially love the way that you characterize Hazel. Most of the time when you hear of cancer patients, you only hear about how they are the strongest people on the planet, which they usually are, but I enjoy how you take time and let her describe the moments that she feels weak. It sends a message to the entire audience that even the strongest people have soft moments.
One other thing that I find interesting about this book is the emails back and forth between Hazel and Augustus, and Peter Van Houten. These sections of the book I find to be extremely important because it tells the reader how outsiders think of Augustus and Hazel. The fact that this author they are writing who hasn't even met them in person, and he thinks they are strong means that they must be some truly fascinating people. The language the "author" also uses is vivid and clever. It makes me think of things I have never really thought of before.
And finally, the last thing that I would like to mention is that Augustus kind of annoys me. This is strange to me because I know that most people adore him. The reason that I find him displeasing is that he makes everything a joke. For example, when Hazel is upset and crying the conversation goes like this, "'Cause I'm just - I want to go to Amsterdam, and I want him to tell me what happens after the book is over, and I just don't want my particular life, and also the sky is depressing me, and there is this old swing set out here that my dad made for me when I was a kid.' 'I must see this old swing of tears immediately," he said. "I'll be over in twenty minutes.'" In the excerpt that I just noted, Augustus wasn't comforting at all. I know he cares about Hazel, but in casual conversation he just makes a laugh out of everything.
That is genuinely the only thing that I don't like about the book though. This is out of all sincerity one of the best books that I have ever read, and I can't wait to get my hands on more of your work. Thank you so much for sharing your writing. It is very inspirational.
Sincerely,
Meghan Perrin
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