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Fault in Our Stars
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John Green
jackiezinger
, January 02, 2013
A friend of mine recently made an insolent, insensitive cancer joke, and quickly followed it with, "I hope nobody close to you recently has died of cancer, or that would have been really insensitive." And it felt insensitive. And I knew someone close to me had recently been battling with terminal cancer, and it took me a minute to realize I was thinking about characters in this book. That's how touching and personal it is.
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Fault in Our Stars
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John Green
jackiezinger
, January 02, 2013
I looked forward to reading this book both with eager anticipation and nervous apprehension; I love John Green very much, and I knew this book has been on every bestseller list for ages, so expectations were high. I finally sat down to read it the other night and couldn't put it down - I finished it in one sitting. It's a relatively short read, but it's a beautiful, wonderfully-written novel. It contains a harmonious balance of young, romantic love and thoughtful, existentialist philosophy - which is right up my alley (or should I say Dutch canal?). I'm sure you've heard this from everyone, but this is an incredible book and you simply must read it.
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Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance With Death
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Kurt Vonnegut
jackiezinger
, January 02, 2013
What an incredible book. It's just the right amount of "write," both smart and witty and composed of beautiful prose, but, at the same time, containing a reachable, understandable story. It's a book anyone can read but not a book everyone will READ, though, because it has a beautiful, complex message that will rattle around in your skull for days after finishing it. I can't begin to explain how much this book means to me in its powerful anti-war message and ommentary on life in the context of time (or, rather, time in the context of life). Vonnegut is a genius. "Here we are, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."
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