ABOUT THE BOOK:
The title of the book is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer that has affected her lungs. Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player, amputee and survivor of osteosarcoma.
REVIEW BY DANIA: (NONE)
OTHER INFORMATION: None
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
1. Alcoholism
2. Alcohol consumption (including underage)
3. Cancer
4. Character death
5. Emesis
6. Grief
7. Holocaust (mentioned)
8. Hospital
