Confessions of a Fangirl

Supernatural is my favourite ever TV show. I just love all the fantasy and horror elements to this show. I own loads of Supernatural merchandise including- Seasons 1-6 DVD Boxset, Season 7 DVD, Season 8 DVD, the first 3 novels, Sam Pop Vinyl, Dean Pop Vinyl, Charlie Pop Vinyl, Demons and Monsters book. I also want to get Season 9 on DVD, a Castiel Pop Vinyl, a Crowley Pop Vinyl and a Bobby Pop Vinyl. I also own about 5 of the other novels as e-books on my Nook and tablet. Dean is my fave character overall with Castiel a close runner up. Sam is also an awesome character. I love the Bromance between Sam, Dean and Castiel. Crowley is a great demon but he can be a bit soft at times when he gives people want they want very easily. Overall, this is my favourite show by far and I hope they continue to make it for many more years to come. 

A book and TV series (another TV series) that I love is the Outlander series. Sam Heughan and Catriona Balfe are both brilliant actors and they really make this series of novels come alive for me. I also love seeing Sam Heughan topless as he is a really good looking guy. I also own the Collectors Edition Blu-Ray of the TV series which came with 5 photo cards of the show and a collectors book showing you photos from each episode. As for the books I own 2 copies of Outlander (an old version and the TV version), Dragonfly In Amber and Voyager. However, I only own one each of Dragonfly In Amber and Voyager. The TV edition cover of Outlander is by far my favourite out of the two I own. I can't wait to read the rest of the novels in this brilliant series and I'm so excited to see Outlander back on my screen later this year. 

The Fault In Our Stars is a book that I absolutely love. I fell in love with this novel the first time I read it. It's a funny, heart wrenching and moving story that will make you cry at the end of the novel. I cried when I read this novel and the same when I saw the film. For this I own the DVD, the original cover novel and the movie cover novel. The original cover novel was a present from a friend and the movie cover novel I bought from Oxfam for 99p. It was a bargain so I thought I would buy it as I love movie/TV cover novels. The plot for this novel is really sad as it is about cancer, so that is why the end of the novel made me cry. You really fall in love with these characters as they are just normal people suffering from cancer who want to have a normal life when they know they can't. This novel and film will move you to you core and make you feel a lot of different emotions. 

The Fault In Our Stars

Just in case you do not know then The Fault In Our Stars is about Hazel Grace and Augustus who both have different forms of cancer. This novel/film follows their journey from meeting at support group, to falling in love, going to Amsterdam and everything that happens thereafter. This review will be about the movie of TFIOS not the novel.

I found that this film stayed very true to the novel. They included all the scenes I loved from the novel such as the cigarette as a metaphor, the trip to the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam and them throwing eggs at Isaac's ex-girlfriends car after he goes blind. This film was made how everyone would have imagined it in their heads. It was really sweet how Augustus and Hazel's word to show their love for each other was 'okay', just like Isaac and his ex's 'always'. For the novel it made me cry when Augustus died. However, for the film I was crying from when Augustus told Hazel his cancer had come back and he was dying whilst on their last day in Amsterdam.

Ansel Elgort was the perfect Augustus. He made the character his own by portraying the different sides of Augustus's character such as his charming side, his protective side, his sense of humour and the way he always tried to see the positive side of life like whilst he was attending his own pre-funeral with Hazel and Isaac. Ansel went from playing Shailene's brother to her boyfriend (Divergent and TFIOS). Augustus had some really funny lines in this film such as when he was talking to Hazel's dad about his leg- 'it's a great weight loss strategy'.

Likewise, Shailene Woodley was the perfect Hazel Grace. She portrayed Hazel's braveness, how she would do anything for Augustus and also how she didn't want to hurt the people she loved were she to die. For example, Hazel said she was a grenade who could explode and hurt everyone she loves. When Augustus died you could see that Hazel was absolutely heartbroken and she was madly in love with him. Even though it can be hard to portray someone with a terminal illness Shailene Woodley did this brilliantly through her emotions, facial features and the way she said all her lines.

As for support cast Nat Wolff was brilliant as Isaac. He portrayed lots of emotions and just wanted to see the positive side to his illness. Even after he went blind he was still a great character as he would do anything for his friends and just wanted to move on with his life. Willem Defoe as Peter Van Houten was the all round bad guy. After inviting Augustus and Hazel to Amsterdam he just bad mouthed them the entire time they were at his house. Then he turned up at Augustus's funeral partly drunk. Although, that was at Augustus's request so he could give Hazel the eulogy which Augustus wrote for her.

There were lots of scenes within this film which really made me laugh. Such as Isaac smashing up the trophies in the basement, Augustus talking about his leg to Hazel's dad and Augustus never having been on a plane before. It was so sweet seeing Augustus on a plane for the first time as he had some great lines during that scene. However, they didn't include the scene from the novel where Hazel and Augustus go to his house to watch the film V For Vendetta after Augustus says Hazel looks like the main character in that film.

Overall, this was a perfect film and stayed very true to the book. I loved this film a lot more than I thought I would. I thought I would be crying the entire film as it is based on a cancer storyline, which can affect lots of people. However, I found myself laughing a lot during this film and that was because of Augustus and his character. My rating for this film is an A. I loved it and if you loved the novel then definitely go grab a copy of this DVD and watch it right now.

The Fault In Our Stars

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Published- 3rd January 2013
Publisher- Penguin Books
Pages- 316 pages (Paperback)



Such a moving and heart-wrenching story. The basic storyline of this novel is about cancer. Hazel Grace has terminal cancer of the lungs and Augustus Waters has osteosarcoma (cancer of the bones). The Fault in our Stars follows their romance story from when they meet at Support Group to the end of the novel. The novel has such a heart-breaking ending which made me cry.

As you could guess what was going to happen at the end of the novel it was still sad and upsetting to read. The novel was well-written and contained lots of description. You were pulled into the novel so the reader could imagine what was happening throughout the entire novel. As the book was well written all the characters were really likeable so you could really relate to them.

Augustus was a really likeable character and my favourite in the novel. He would have done anything for Hazel as he loved her so much. Hazel was a great female lead as she just wanted to be loved and do the things that other children could do. However, because of her cancer she couldn't be like other children as she had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank every day. Isaac was a good character too, but it was really sad when he went blind. The three of those characters together was god as they were best friends and really cared about each other. Hazel fell in love with Augustus in the end because of the person he was, not because of his cancer.

This is one of my favourite novels because it is such a moving story. The characters are very relate-able and it is a topic that can happen to any person in the world. However, this is the first novel I have read by John Green. Hopefully, I will read some more of his novels in the near future. This is a novel I think everyone should read soon. They will love it and cry their eyes out at the end of the novel. I gave this novel 5/5 stars. Get reading this novel book lovers.


                                  Rating 5/5