The Fault In Our Stars

I rarely read a book that makes me feel as many emotions in a 300 page span as this book did. 

 Once again, this book was on my to read list, but not one that I would typically read. 

I started The Fault in Our Stars, only knowing that it was about a girl with cancer.

I had no idea if it would be funny, sad, or keep me interested.

At one point, I was laughing and Kyle looked at me weird and said, 

"isn't that a book about kids with cancer?"

Yes, yes it is, but their situations are so real.

I really enjoyed this book because it felt so real to me. 

As I read I wasn't sure where it was going to go, 

yet at other parts I couldn't figure out what else was still going to be written.

Not that I could ever relate to what was happening in the story, but I felt connected to the characters.

I felt like their story was real life. 

It didn't gloss over the harsh reality of disease to give you this happy story. 

There were so many parts and so many things that happened.

It didn't feel like a story to me, but that I was hearing about their daily lives. 

Everything was connected, but not really.

I loved Hazel and Gus's relationship, 

no, their relationship isn't a normal teen relationship, 

but at the same time it really is. 

They were just two teenagers falling in love and trying their best to navigate the situations that they were going through in life. 

They were so defined by their disease, and yet they were just normal teenagers trying to get the most out of their lives before they ended. 

I loved how Hazel tells her parents she feels like a grenade, destined to damage those near her. 

Then later, when she realizes that her parents are planning for their future it seems to give her closer on her own life. 

You won't walk away happy, I cried my eyes out in the end, 

but I'd still recommend this book and am really glad I ended up buying it.

Gone Girl

When Bonnie first posted her idea of a blogger book club, I knew I wanted to join. 

For someone who loves book as much as I do I'm honestly surprised I haven't been in one before now. 

 

February's book was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. 

So many people have talked about this book that I had it on my to read list even before it was picked for the book club. 

I don't know if I've ever both loved and hated a book at the same time like I did this book.

And not just during parts, through the entire thing!

It kept me turning the pages, and had plot twists I never saw coming, which is rare for me. 

I never felt connected to the characters. 

I simply disliked them all and if there had been some way no one could have won I would have chosen that ending.

At first, I felt bad for Nick, I knew in my gut he didn't kill his wife, but something was up with him. 

Who doesn't tell the whole truth in a murder investigation if they are innocent?

I also loved Diary Amy, but I couldn't figure out how Nick and the diary's portrayal of her could be so opposite unless Nick was a complete jerk.

Once I knew the diary was a complete fabrication it at least made me feel like I wasn't crazy. 

I absolutely hated the actual Amy.

She was evil, manipulative and calculating, but also weak. 

She could have just walked away, instead she desires to destroy the people around her. 

She manipulates everyone around her to do her bidding. 

Yet, Nick can easily play her and make her want him back.

Nick's year long affair and the games he plays removed all my sympathy for him as well. 

Basically the characters are all self-serving and manipulative, refusing to let the other move on and be happy with their lives.

However, the plots twists and turns had me consistently second guessing myself and hurrying through the book to find out more. 

While I did enjoy the book I don't know if I would recommend it to others. 

For one thing, there was way more cursing than needed to get points across.

Also, I was left unhappy with the turn of events. 

I think I would have felt better if they had ended the book after she came back. 

The ending dragged out with no favorable end for any character. 

 

Have you read Gone Girl?

What did you think of it?