A brilliant book by John Green which attacks on a
psychological level while you are immersed in the captivating plot. There’s
much more to be taken from the book which cannot be done while reading in a
flow. One needs to go over and reflect. It is not like an Ayn Rand novel where
you seek to take in something from each chapter. In TFioS you reflect before
you go to sleep. And after you wake up. And in between that. It offers some
brilliant quotes for the reader to take back.
‘How are you?’
‘Grand.’
‘Some infinities are
bigger than other infinities.’
‘Pain demands to be
felt.’
‘I’m on a roller
coaster that only goes up!’
‘It would be a
privilege to have my heart broken by you.’
The story disgusts, charms, enlightens, and makes you cry.
You contemplate it all through the mind of a 16 year old girl learning to live
with cancer. With each passing page, you know the best part of the journey is
yet to come, but by far it has been grand! Which also brings fear. Much like
the roller coaster described in the novel. And it offers the fall as well.
