When young terminal cancer patient, Hazel, meets charming, handsome Augustus Waters at her drag of a cancer support group she finds herself falling deep into the metaphors, humour, the price of dawn and mind.

But two star crossed cancer lovers spell out trouble and hurt, LOVE, that's what hurt is, or maybe that's what Hazel and Augustus will find it is. And maybe love isn't what they hoped it was. And when Hazel gets rushed to the hospital maybe her days are coming to a vigorous stop and maybe her and Augustus love has not lasted…

After everyone went mad over this book I had to read it. This book is such a great romance, especially for teenagers, and shows the brilliant connection between two teens; the witty banter that the children of today hold; and the problems that come within youth, love and the beast, cancer.

I guess we all knew from reading the blurb of this book, and seeing the film trailer, that is was not going to be a 'fun' book, and though Green adds comic relief (and maybe a bit more), I must admit that this book brought more than a few tears to my eyes. Though this is great book, and I have found that I find John Green a very good writer, there is something off-putting about reading a book that all of a sudden becomes so popular out of the blue and though Green is a great writer I, and some of my friends, do not feel he writes women very well, the emotions and feelings do not feel so feminine. It's not a good book to read if you can't cope with sad books, but if you can then it is one of the best books to read as a teen, and probably an amazing book to read if you suffer from cancer.

And finally romance. This book is just bursting with it, which is great if you are a hopeless romantic or just love romance. It's a story of love; in all honesty, that's what this book is about, love. Learning to love yourself, love others, loves lost, loves hurt, loves amazement.

I'm going to give this book a 8.5 out of 10 for its great portrayal of love and hurt. This book still did not fail to surprise me with its great writing with all of the praise it has got and therefore I now see John Green is an bewildering author.

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