Reading this book with too much life experience, you would begin to instead of being sympathetic to the “young star-crossed lovers” you instead agree with the adults and believe that they’re being absolute idiots Through a suspension of disbelief, overcoming illness and love and, just generally it would be considered adorable and some such, but this begs the question of whether love is worth dying for. Personally, I feel the ending of the book is better than the movie (and is changed and less dramatic and over all happy) but this is the first case where the film is better in most parts at expressing the emotions and allowing to become more engrossed in the overcoming of illness thing with the use of music instead of reading about two dumb kids who keep trying to die. The movie doesn’t change that fact, it’s just easier to ignore.

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I was expecting this to be heart-wrenching, but I think if I read this in middle school it would’ve had a bigger impact on me. My problem was I went into this book with too high expectations.

I loved this book it was so bittersweet and some good books don’t get happy endings!!! And honestly I don’t give 5 stars to just any book and I sometimes think I’m getting too old for YA that I can’t relate to them but HONESTLY I loved this

So I want to start off by saying that I’ve never met anyone who has CF and I am not sure how accurate this book is. I did think it was pretty eye opening and it gave me a new perspective on people with terminal illness.

I thought the book was pretty entertaining and well written. I did think that the book was a little bit too fast paced but that also helped keep it interesting. This book did make me contemplate how short life is and to appreciate what I have, especially my health. I did like pretty much every character although many of them did not have much development.

The romance was also pretty good. It definitely wasn’t one of my favorites but I was rooting for them the whole time. I did think this story was devastating and it definitely hurt my heart a bit. All in all, it was a quick and enjoyable read and now I’m excited to watch the movie!

Call me cliche, but I loved this book! Everything about it was positively thrilling and I would 100% read it again! Now, the topic of sick kids in love is something we've all seen before, but I'm a sucker for these stories. The relationship between Will and Stella was something I had never seen before. It was like they knew each other and could see each other's vulnerable side without even trying to look for it. Will makes himself out to be this "bad boy" who doesn't care about anything, including himself. When he says, "It's just life, Stella. It'll be over before you know it," I found myself suddenly drawn to him, because that is not something someone just says out of the blue. Will thinks he is hopeless and that looking for a cure for his B. cepacia is pointless. But then he meets Stella, this girl who needs to be in control of everything or she simply can't sleep at night. Everything about her is organized, from her life to her medcart. And their differences and how they are exactly opposite one another is so intriguing. Will practically gave himself over to her as soon as he met her, because he was simply so drawn to her that he couldn't stop himself.
But to stray from Will and Stella for a moment,this book really focused on a disease no one talks about and it deserves to be: cystic fibrosis. CF is a disease that really doesn't have a cure yet except for replacing your lungs with new ones. B. cepacia doesn't have a cure, either. This disease needs to be talked about, because how else will they find a cure for it?
I thought this book was wild, thrilling, lively, imaginative, exciting, suspenseful, and awe-inducing, and simply inspiring. Love wins above all.

4.5