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This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl Book Review

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Title: This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Authors: Esther Earl; John Green; Lori & Wayne Earl
Publisher: Dutton Books – an imprint of Penguin
Publication Date: January 1, 2014
Genres: Non-fiction – Memoir
Pages: 431
Format: Purchased Hardcover

“This Star Won’t Go Out” by Esther Earl, with Lori and Wayne Earl, introduction by John Green, is a nonfiction teen novel about Esther, a teenager with thyroid cancer. In this book it contains her innermost thoughts, her life, diary entries, entries from her parents, siblings, doctors, and author, John Green.

This book was definitely one in which you could hear the voice of Esther, and that you could see how big of a heart she truly had. It was a great read as I was able to see inside her head about her cancer, about her day to day life, and everything else in between.

The book included photographs and colored pages, making the book itself engaging and visually appealing. I think this definitely helped to draw me into reading it and it was also helpful in determining the difference between Esther’s writings and her parents’.

The content of the books was, at many times, funny, but there were also serious moments. Yes, I cried like a baby at the end because, in case you didn’t know, Miss Esther died of her cancer in 2010. She was actually the inspiration for John Green’s book, “The Fault in Our Stars“.

Overall, this book was uplifting, heartwarming, sad, but all over good. I rate it 5/5 stars.

To see the organization made in Esther’s name, visit This Star Won’t Go Out Foundation.

Accompanying video: This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl Review

If you read the book, let me know what you think about it in the comments!

The Fault in Our Stars Book & Movie Review

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Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Publisher: Dutton Books – an imprint of Penguin
Publication Date: January 10, 2012
Genres: Young Adult – Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 313
Format: Purchased Paperback

Everyone’s heard of this book by now, right? “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green is a book about a girl named Hazel who has lung cancer, and a boy named Gus (Augustus Waters) who is in remission from cancer. The book, itself, doesn’t solely focus on the fact that they have/had cancer, though, rather it’s told from Hazel’s point of view as she and Gus fall in love over their short time together.

So, pretty much this book is amazing. As it is my first John Green book I am highly attached to it, and the only real problem I had with it was the language these teenagers used throughout the book. Like, seriously, no teenager talks like that. Other than that, I thought the book was fantastic, riveting, exciting, fast paced, and just overall wonderful. I read it in just seven hours, with a break in between those hours because I had to work. I never read books that fast unless I’m completely sucked into it, and this book was definitely one to do just that.

I rate the book 5/5 stars.

Now, the movie. There was a lot of anticipation for this movie. Everywhere on tumblr, especially, there were waves of fandom that continually came through saying how excited everyone was for this movie and that they all hoped it lived up to their expectations of what the book held for them.

Well, I saw the movie and I cried like a big baby along with the rest of the theater.

I didn’t necessarily cry with the book. Don’t get me wrong, there were many feels to be had when I read the book, and I even got choked up toward the end of it, but I think that seeing the book come to life and portrayed as well as it was just ripped my heart out.

The movie was just as fantastic and riveting as the book, and it was the truest book-to-movie adaptation I have ever seen. There was literally only one scene that I could pick out that was different from the book, and that was the scene right before Hazel, Gus, and Hazel’s mom leave for Amsterdam. Other than that, I thought that the movie did a phenomenal job of representing the book in all of its glory.

I rate the movie 5/5 stars.

Accompanying video: TFIOS Book & Movie Review

So, what did you think of the book and movie? Did you feel there was anything wrong with it or that things could have been added or changed around in the movie? Let me know in the comments!