Hazel, being the typical teenager doesn't want to go anywhere near the support group, but goes at her mother's insistence. Hazel meets Isaac who has one eye because cancer took the other eye and Augustus who lost a leg from cancer of the bone. Hazel, Augustus and Isaac become fast friends and great moral support for each other.
They deride everything, play games and read and talk about books. They even egg Isaac's ex-girlfriend car when she breaks up with him because she can't handle the fact that he has cancer.
Augustus and Hazel fall in love and one of the books they read becomes a favorite of theirs. They contact the author to ask some questions and end up taking a trip to Holland together to meet the author.
This is a book of teenage love and teenagers that die to soon - both in equal parts. It is funny and quirky and an excellent read. The one detraction that I had for the novel was that every person in the novel always had a witty reply to whatever was being said. This did make the novel fun - and funny, but it didn't seem altogether real. I'd still read it again though because it is a sweet story.
Rating: 8 / 10
ISBN: 9780525478812
Publisher: Dutton Books
Edition: 1st Edition