Wednesday, July 23, 2014

the fault in our stars...

as i was putting my shoes on yesterday to walk out the door for class, i checked my email one last time, since this professor has a history of cancelling her classes last minute. what do you know, there was an email sent a whopping 2 minutes before that, and yes, class was cancelled. that meant i had an extra 2.5 hours at home before i had to leave.

i immediately knew that i would spend that time reading 'the fault in our stars', which my friend lent me over the weekend. i got my coffee ready, got comfy, and continued on. i was already 120 pages in from the day before, and i wasn't impressed, but i figured the second half had to pick up. after all, from everything i had heard, i was expecting to fall in love with the characters,  shed many tears, and just all around love it.


i finished the book and was overall disappointed. i didn't cry, i didn't feel connected to the characters, i didn't even like the characters! i felt they were far too wise and witty for their ages and it was all just too much. i guess the fact that it's a teen book didn't help - it was just too simple. afterwards i saw the movie, and surprisingly, it was no better. i thought it really dragged on, it was rather boring, and again, i didn't cry.

i guess this is why i stay away from the fad books. except 'gone girl', that one is amazing.

4 comments:

Lauren said...

I'm reading this book now too after my younger sister has had it sitting on her shelf for so long. So far, I can agree with you - it's alright. It probably doesn't help that it's more aimed at the teen-scene of today. I was way more into 'Something Borrowed' and can't wait to read 'Something Blue' to follow!

Amanda said...

Yeah... as I mentioned on twitter, I didn't like it that much either. I feel this way about a lot of the teen books, though I did like the Hunger Games books. The Fault in Our Stars just had too much unrealistic dialogue and it was too cliche and predictable. I did find the ending sad and I definitely cried at the movie though (can't remember if I cried at the book). The only thing I really resonated with was how he said Hazel didn't have to be loved by all people but was just happy to be loved by a few people.

Also OMG I LOVED GONE GIRL so much and I cannot WAIT for the movie. As soon as the bar is over, I'm going to start reading one of her other books, Sharp Objects.

Amanda said...

Yeah... as I mentioned on twitter, I didn't like it that much either. I feel this way about a lot of the teen books, though I did like the Hunger Games books. The Fault in Our Stars just had too much unrealistic dialogue and it was too cliche and predictable. I did find the ending sad and I definitely cried at the movie though (can't remember if I cried at the book). The only thing I really resonated with was how he said Hazel didn't have to be loved by all people but was just happy to be loved by a few people.

Also OMG I LOVED GONE GIRL so much and I cannot WAIT for the movie. As soon as the bar is over, I'm going to start reading one of her other books, Sharp Objects.

daniela said...

I've been avoiding this book but I don't want to be depressed or bawling on the subway but I was still curious about it. After this, I'll totally read it since I probably won't like it lol

Gone Girl - potential movie date? :)

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