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I first came across The Fault in Our Stars thanks to my former students—sweet, bright-eyed teenagers who were completely captivated by this emotional teen romance. They spoke about it with such passion, especially about the love story, that my curiosity was eventually piqued. Initially, I watched the Twentieth Century Fox film adaptation. While I found it touching and emotionally powerful, something about it felt a bit… surface-level. I had a feeling the book might go deeper—and it truly did. A Story That Goes Beyond Illness Yes, this is a story about illness. But The Fault in Our Stars is not just another "sick lit" novel . What makes it different is the depth of its characters, particularly Hazel Grace Lancaster. John Green doesn't just give us a teenage girl with cancer—he gives us a teenage girl with a voice , a sharp wit, dreams, fears, sarcasm, and a whole world inside her mind. And that, in my opinion, is what sets this book apart. Hazel refuses to le...