The Fault In Our Stars

NOTE: There are no actual spoilers in this post. I do talk about minor events but they in no way give away the movie or book's plot.  

I read The Fault In Our Stars by John Green a few weeks ago and I absolutely LOVED it. I read pretty slowly and tend to take my time with books to savor them, but this book I devoured within two days because I just couldn't get enough. It had me giggling and smiling and crying and feeling all sorts of emotions. It is simply AMAZING. I waited to write this post because I knew the movie was coming out soon and I figured I could include my thoughts on the movie as well. I saw the movie last night and can I just say - WOW. Obviously the movie left out a few things that were in the book because of time constraints. In my opinion the plot points that were left out were not crucial to the story. For example there's a swing set that in the book the characters talk about and then sell on craigslist, but in the movie they only discuss it, which was enough. Also there is a letter in both the movie and the book but how the character got the letter is different - again I think they just have to leave out some stuff in movies because of the amount of time it would take to show it exactly like the book. Another small difference was that in the book there is a restaurant and the characters are sitting outdoors, in the movie they are indoors. No big deal. 

Overall the movie really did a great job following the story of the book. In fact, I think the movie did a better job at showing some of the romance. Usually the reason people enjoy books more is because a person's imagination is so vast and creative that a movie just can't capture the full array of all that is imagined. Also, each person can read the same lines and imagine different things. When I read the book, I read the romantic lines and smiled or giggled. It seemed more playful in my head. But when I watched the movie, even the romantic lines brought me to tears! They were so powerful and moving. It was so much deeper and stronger than I imagined. The director did such a great job bringing so much depth into those tender emotions that it really knocked me off my feet. This is the first time I can honestly say that a movie's portrayal of something was so much better than I could have imagined. The actors did an amazing job - I LOVE LOVE LOVE the guy they picked for Augustus Waters - He was PERFECT. 

In summary - if you haven't read the book READ IT! If you haven't watched the movie WATCH IT! But no lie, take a box of tissues with you because there was at least one scene that I could have sworn the entire theater was in tears. This is one of the best books/movies I've read/seen in a long time and it's truly in a category of its own.