The First 10 Pages - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

In My Mailbox (50)

Wow! This is my 50th IMM! Sorry, That I do not have anything special to share for this post, but I did get two books this week!

Book 1 
Is The Special Edition Fault In Our Stars By John Green.
If You are Saying to yourself.. "but Kelsey, didn't you get TFIOS for Christmas?"
My Answer To You Would Be.  "Why Yes, Yes I Did!"
However,  The cover was a little damaged and well frankly it is a SPECIAL EDITION TFIOS!
Thankfully, since I am a poor 23 year old. I have a mother who likes to feed my addiction to books and after I cleverly put this book with another book my mom was picking it, she bought it for me = )

Book 2
Awhile ago I had requested One Pink Line on NetGalley and was accepted. However, when I went to read it, the text was all jumbled.. so the book was a DNF for me. Then I see I have a message on Goodreads from the author. She was disappointed with my attempt to read the book through Netgalley and asked if I would still like to review the book, than sent me an ebook version of it!

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The Fault in Our Stars

Summary:

"Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. 
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. 
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind."

Plot: This book isn't really about Cancer. I mean it is, but it really isn't. What makes the plot different is that, although sad, it isn't sappy. This isn't Nicholas Sparks or Jodi Picoult (authors I do enjoy as well) we mean a different kind of cancer patient. Ones we don't know read about and well I like it.

Characters: What can I Say? I like Hazel and I like Augustus. They show you how two different people are coping with Cancer. Someone who wants to die with a legacy and the other happy with just being. I enjoyed Issac who brought another level of humor and sympathy to the book. Besides Peter Van Houten, the cast is very likeable and realistic.

Pros: You won't read another book with Cancer in it, written as well as this, It makes you think, it isn't really simple.

Cons: No Cons Per-Say Although I personally could have done w/o Peter Van Houten.. However, he is an extremely essential layer to the book.

Final Thoughts: I expected to cry my eyes out, but I didn't. I did cry, just not as much as I was prepared too, I think that is because I identified with Hazel and kind of accepted the outcome. And oddly, when it comes to The Fault In Our Stars I am pretty speechless. The book is beautifully written and John Green's humor does come through. The Story Inside a Story is gorgeous. I just enjoyed the layers of the book.