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Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed the book. It was very well written; there is honesty and just the right amount of humor. All the characters were fleshed out in an interesting way and it was easy to become involved with them and come to like (or dislike) them. I did applaud Hazel and Gus for living their lives to the fullest, not just giving into despair.
However, I will not be recommending it to my friends. What I didn't like was knowing in the beginning what the out-coming was going to be. When you read a book about the Titanic you know a lot of people are going to die, read about Auschwitz you know a lot of people are going to die, read Braveheart you know Wallace is going to die. A story about young people with cancer; you can pretty well guess it's not going to have a good ending. At best, it had a melancholy ending, at worst, it was downright depressing.
So now you know, I like my pleasure reading to have mostly happy, or at least, satisfying endings. Oh, yes, I do wear rose-colored glasses when I read! LOL!
However, I will not be recommending it to my friends. What I didn't like was knowing in the beginning what the out-coming was going to be. When you read a book about the Titanic you know a lot of people are going to die, read about Auschwitz you know a lot of people are going to die, read Braveheart you know Wallace is going to die. A story about young people with cancer; you can pretty well guess it's not going to have a good ending. At best, it had a melancholy ending, at worst, it was downright depressing.
So now you know, I like my pleasure reading to have mostly happy, or at least, satisfying endings. Oh, yes, I do wear rose-colored glasses when I read! LOL!
