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Violence
Barely any
Mild; the violence is cancer; medical treatment is depicted honestly; deaths are not sudden
Language
Some
Moderate language; teenage voice with genuine wit; some profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; the romance includes physical intimacy in Amsterdam; tastefully handled
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; the author character drinks heavily; medication is part of both characters' lives
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; what it means to love someone you know you will lose; the anger and grief of a terminal diagnosis at sixteen; what Augustus's death does to Hazel and to the reader
What this book is about
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars follows sixteen-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, who has terminal thyroid cancer, and Augustus Waters, whom she meets at a support group. Their relationship is built on wit, literary obsession, and the particular urgency of limited time. Green does not soften the reality of cancer or death, and the novel's emotional honesty distinguishes it from more sentimental treatments of the same material.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Terminal illness affecting teenage characters
A significant character death
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