And he and Hazel struck up a friendship that, over the course of the book, developed into so much more. He had a form of cancer that had an 80% survival rate, and was doing quite well for the most part. Ohhh Augustus! So self-assured, gorgeous, witty, and just wonderful. And while she had to carry an oxygen tank around with her at all times she was still living her life, surrounded by her loving family and living each day to the best she could. It was supposed to be terminal, but thanks to a miracle drug, she’d continued to live. She was just so full of life (ironic, yes, but very true!). As a teen, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. The book was told from Hazel’s POV and I loved her voice. “So anyways, at the end of the test, I totally thought I’d failed again, but the instructor was like, “Your driving is unpleasant, but it isn’t technically unsafe.” So much of this book was just downright cute and funny! That said, while I knew to expect sadness, what I didn’t expect at all was to laugh. I felt my heart break, and I deeply felt the incredible tragedy of their story. Now, just to clarify about the tears, despite the fact that I didn’t actually cry or sob at the end (which was really surprising to me), today I’ve been feeling kind of “down” and “sad” and it made me realize that I think this book affected me much more deeply in a way that wasn’t quite so apparent as tears, but no less strong.īut, I did get SERIOUSLY choked up and teary at the end. The ending reminds you of how unfair and cruel life can be but the story is beautiful. There were a lot of really sweet moments of just two teens falling in love. The ending is incredibly sad, but the book wasn’t sad as a whole. The thought of it alone made my heart break, but in the last few weeks something about this book has just kept me coming back to it, so I just went for it. I was wrong on pretty much every account, except the ending. And I expected most of it to take place in a hospital, it didn’t. I expected it to be mostly a sad book, but it wasn’t really, at least, not until the last third. I expected to sob uncontrollably, but I didn’t. Honestly, what I expected of this book was just SO different from what it actually was and what my reaction to it was. But now, having read it, I’m actually kicking myself now for having put it off. I’ve had a copy of it for the last year and every time I’ve come even close to starting it, I just chickened out and chose something else. I’ll admit, I was terrified to read this. Absolutely, positively unfair.īut, while not all stories have happy endings, but it doesn’t make their journey any less beautiful. “You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”

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