The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars, published in January 2012, is the sixth novel by author John Green. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer that has affected her lungs. Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with
The Fault in Our Stars me laugh and gasp at the beauty of a sentence or the twist of a tale. He is one of the best writers alive and I am seething with envy of his talent." "Time" named "The Fault in Our Stars" as the #1 fiction book of 2012. "Kirkus Reviews" listed it among the top 100 children's books of 2012. It also made "USA Today" list of the top 10 books of 2012. In 2013, the "Edmonton Journal" named the book one of their "favourite books of the year." One notable unfavorable opinion appeared in the "Daily Mail". In the piece,