5 infinite stars. 
 "Sometimes it seems the universe wants to be noticed." 
 For 16 years old Hazel, who is diagnosed with thyroid cancer, life is anything but how a typical teenager spends her days. Although her cancer is managed by some experimental (fictional) drug, her lungs are still affected as she needs an oxygen tank to help her breathe. So everywhere she goes (which she doesn't often) people notices her nasal cannula and her oxygen tank before they notice the girl. Her mom encourages her to go to a support group where cancer stricken kids can talk about their problems, which is where she notices Augustus Waters one night. Augustus has cancer as well, bone cancer that took his leg. But neither their disease depicts who they are. You see the world through their eyes. They notice things where others would take it for granted. 
 "It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you." 
 Augustus noticed Hazel too. He has a charismatic persona that just wins you over. Soon enough, the two develop a friendship that evolves into a relationship which Hazel was very hesitant to start. She didn't want to be his "grenade." The dialogue between them is often sweet, funny, poignant, and the most important thing of all, they accept each other as who they are. Two beautiful souls finding their way. 
 "Without pain, we couldn't know joy" 
 Hazel's favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, brings them closer as they search for what happened to the characters in the book. They even travel to Amsterdam to seek out their answers. Through it all, their journey is wrought with pain, each enduring their own affliction. 
 The last third of the book just about killed me. I cried all the way through to the end, I was an emotional wreck. It's very heartbreaking, but at the same time, to know that they found each other is enough to realize the joy within the pain. 
 Beautiful Augustus. Beautiful Hazel. You will remain in my heart forever till the end of my days. 
 I also love Isaac, I love their parents, I love everything about it. 
 This is my first John Green book, it certainly won't be the last. 
 Okay.