I had heard about this author and his new book had a lot of buzz. I happened to find it in the audio section of the library and thought I'd give it a try, I was needing a break from all the fantasy sci-fi I had been reading lately anyway.
This will sounds like a very depressing premise, but the book itself isn't that depressing, I promise. The book is about a couple teenagers who have cancer and meet at a cancer support group. Basically, it is a love story about teenagers, with that very sad twist. It is fun because their emotions are a bit more raw and they really try to live life to the fullest knowing that they might not be around to enjoy it in the near future
Why you should read it!
This book will be coming out as a movie this summer, and I'm sure it will be tear worthy so get the tissues ready. The book itself had its sad moments but you really feel the emotions of these kids and how they really try to have normal lives despite their disease. It is a young adult book, but I think it is one that adults would enjoy, yes you are dealing with teenagers but it is very well written and won't make you feel like you are reading a dumbed down book. I listened to the audio version and I have to say it wasn't very good. Luckily the story shone through but the narrator wasn't very good and I felt like she made the book feel younger than it should. At the end the author made a statement that originally he wanted to be the narrator but didn't make sense for a story told from a teenage girls point of view, honestly he probably would've been better. This will be a big movie this summer and we all know the book is always better so go read it first!
