
Luckily, humor, although slim, does seem to weave it’s way through the story.Īll in all, the movie captured the highlights of the novel. Without giving away the entirety of the film, there are twists and turns that left the audience wiping their tear-stained sobbing faces. Unfortunately, stories can’t always have happy endings.

Between an intimate candle-lit fancy dinner and a couple romantic scenes, Hazel and Gus define teenage love beautifully. Amsterdam is where the ”friends” fell in love. While Amsterdam didn’t turn out the way the Hazel and Gus hoped, in some aspects in turned out even better. The author of An Imperial Affliction, Peter Van Houten, lives in Amsterdam and Gus, Hazel, and her mother set off for a three-day journey to meet with Houten the man with all the answers– or so they thought. And Gus being the spontaneous and caring man he his, makes Hazel’s wish come true. She wants answers about the ending of An Imperial Affliction.
He doesn’t care about Hazel’s cancer story, he just wants her “real” story: whatever it is about Hazel Grace that makes her unique.Īfter Gus promises to read Hazel’s favorite novel, An Imperial Affliction, the two begin to spend much time together. Hazel, who usually goes straight home from support group, ends up with Gus and his undeniable charm at his house. He’s mainly only at support group for his friend, Isaac, who has one marble eye and soon will be blind.

Gus had osteosarcoma, but after having part of his leg amputated, is living cancer-free. Her parents force her to go to a support group filled with other “kids like her,” where she meets the charming and handsome Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort). Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer at age 13 and lives a quiet life expecting to soon die. Originally a young-adult novel based on a true story by John Green, director Josh Boone seamlessly made the book come alive. It’s finally here– the movie (almost) every teenage girl has been waiting for: The Fault In Our Stars.
