The book “A Fault in our Stars,” by John Green was a very intriguing and mind bending anomaly of a story about cancer and the effects it has on peoples lives. The two main characters, Hazel and Augustus are stricken with cancer. But unlike most other cancer stories, this one is of how cancer has no good traits about it. That their are no happy endings to cancer. There is pain misery, bad news, diagnoses, and doctor visits. Its shows that a life with cancer is a hard, slow and painful way to live life. Hazel says in the story, “ I am a grenade, and at some point I’m going to blow up and I want to minimize the casualties” She knows that it’s a hard life and is ready to explode and leave a scar on the people around her. John Green uses considerably long words in his book with ease. They are not placed unwisely, and always seem to work perfectly with the sentences. His vocabulary is vast but the book doesn't sound too wordy. The way Green writes is elegant. He uses formal words along with thoughts from the character that intertwine with the character's dialogue that allow you to see inside the character's mind. There are writers who will create their stories setting, and their characters and the plot; Green takes it to the next level by making a book inside of his book. He calls it “An Imperial Affliction” and refers to it many times through the course of the story. Greens writing impresses me, and his form is very impressive, but the story is not one of my favorites. It is definitely worth a read and left me satisfied with a constricted heart because of the stories ending.