A concentrate of emotions!

I had read a novel by John Green there some time (Alaska Who are you?). My opinion was: a singular novel ... funny and sad at once. Well it's a bit the same with this new title. I find that "contrary Our stars" is from the same cloth.

Hazel, 16, suffering from an incurable cancer, meets Augustus, 17, who he is in remission. Because cancer Hazel never goes out without his cart and his oxygen bottle, and Augustus has a prosthesis in place of his leg. Despite this, the agreement and the attraction between these two lovers of life is immediate.

I love John Green. His writing is fluid and fresh. He did not bother with unnecessary frills. His characters are singular. They never fail to spread or humor. We can only focus on them.

The theme of death or disease does not branch too much in general. But loving the style of the author, I immersed myself in this book without any apprehension. I do not regret it at all. Life and death abound, graze, cross ... always with disarming lucidity! Love is also present. The love that one has for his friends, his parents, his lover who can also be your best friend. Well this novel is a mixture of all that!

John Green makes us think about the value of life, its meaning too. At the time left to live and how to use it in order to live every moment fully ... He makes us love life simply!

To conclude, "Our contrary Stars" is a concentrate of emotions that will appeal for sure, both young readers as adults. To read again!