Over time, Augustus's health rolled faster and faster downhill due to the long battle against cancer. Hazel really didn't know when the last "goodbye" would be her last memory of him. In some ways, I can relate because I have a great grandpa that's 97 and lives in Wichita. I only get to visit on holidays and summer vacation, so each time I say my goodbyes, I don't take it for granted. When Augustus reached the end of the road, it hit Hazel really hard. Over time, she accepted it because she realized that just the experience of falling in love with such a beautiful person, inside and out was the best thing that has ever happened to her. After Augustus passed away, Hazel found a letter to an author that he wrote, talking about her. In the last line, he said, "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers." The couple knew that their relationship would eventually hurt them in a way they've never experienced. But they chose to love each other, regardless of the heartbreak and consequences. In the picture above, Hazel is laying with Augustus in the hospital bed, where they spend some of their last moments together.
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ReplyDeleteThe end of this book made me cry, it was so sad although you saw it coming in the end. I think the movie did a really good job tying into the book and I think it was equally as good as the book. If you haven't read Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder it's a lot like this book, I actually read them both back to back. You need a box of tissues for that one too!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved The Fault in Our Stars. John Green never ceases to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteI walked in my living room the other day and I see my sister and mom crying. Then I looked up at the T.V. and this movie was on. I couldn't deal with that.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an amazing book, and an even better movie! I love being able to see the words on a page be acted out in real life!
ReplyDeleteThis book was very hard to put down. I think I read it in two days.
ReplyDeleteI cried 15 times in this movie. I don't know if i could make it through the novel.
ReplyDeleteI have watched the movie, but have not yet read the book. I hope I get the time to read it soon!
ReplyDeleteI can't read this. I don't want to cry.
ReplyDeleteI loved the book and I enjoyed your summary of it's second half
ReplyDeleteI understand why people love this book, the way it was written was near the end was impactful to the reader and made it almost personal to them to view how their death was. I was happy that you wrote it in a was that reviewed with a slight tinge of sadness, like a large tinge of sadness, but the review was wonderful.
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