While Reading The Fault in Our Stars...

So I have read 4 chapters of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and I must say I love it. I genuinely like the way Mr Green wrote, his style and word usage and everything. The storyline is quite fast-paced and direct but it is just perfectly planned out and so it is immensely interesting. (And I think there is a thing to authors’ names. I think that names that are easily said, written and remembered are so much more cooler than those that are not.) And this is the first book I read that got me some insights about cancer. And also, cancer and young love. I don’t really mind the foul languages.

So as I’m reading, I start thinking about how it would be if some guy gave me his book to read and with his phone number written at the title page. It must be extraordinary to start a courtship like that, the nerdfighteria’s style! Then I remembered I have once given a book to read by a guy whom I liked as well and I remembered feeling rather lovey-dovey at that moment. But turned out, it ended with nothing.

And as I’m reading the lines where Augustus Waters asking Hazel Grace rather aggressively about when could he see her again, I thought to myself how familiar that situation is. And then I wondered whether it is how guys hint that they are pursuing you. I smiled at how Hazel responses to those advances because that seems to be similar to how I think I did it, but not quite the exact same, but you get my point.

One thing that made me feel that I’m not wrong or weird or alone in doing it is that Hazel didn’t really reject those advances but being coy and flirtingly suggest how Augustus and her should meet again and somehow let Augustus knows she’s still interested. That seems like what I did, although you know, in different situations. I guess I have flirted around the situation of school work? But I don’t think what I did account to flirt. But generally, having something to say to someone? And I have been getting that kind of flirt in return.

And moving on to Hazel and Augustus’s casual meet-up or date, I just think it’s so awesome. The thing to emphasise here is casual but with a hint or touch of romantic interest. These kinds of dates are the best, in my opinion. And this got me thinking again. I did have this kind of dates right? But more casual than this though. But yeah, definitely, but with less romantic aura, but those auras are most certainly presented.

Then comes the time I think to myself that it must be so nice and amazing to share a book which you love to a person you like, like how Augustus and Hazel did it. It must be so touching to be able to share opinions about the books with each other. Also, they unintentionally have a special word to themselves, which I find it so cool and fun and meaningful in many ways. And the fact that Augustus unshamefully and wittily let Hazel know he likes her is just flawless and that kind of reminded me those moments I had, which of course, I hope are real and genuine, right from the heart.

Now I haven’t finish the book and so I don’t really know how Hazel and Augustus’s story will end but I hope for the best! ( And I think this is my first modern young adult book that revolve kind of heavily around the subject of love. )

~ A book lover courtship~