Great story, but not the book.

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2014)

I will be the first to say that the book by John Green captivated me. I went to the Chapel Hill Public Library to do some Wojdylo Social Media work and ended up seeing this book on the "must reads" shelf right before Christmas. I read the book in about three hours and I knew I had to watch the movie. I went to Twitter and asked my friends their thoughts on the book. They all loved it. I had to wait six months to see the movie.
I absolutely loved the book and the movie was outstanding. The one thing I did not like about the movie was the fact that Augustus' prior relationship was never mentioned in the movie. This was one of the main parts of the plot of the book as he did not want to hurt someone else. That did not play out at all in the movie.
Other than that, I felt as if the movie did a great job of telling the story of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. There were moments in which there were tears in my eyes and there were moments that I could not help but laugh. I honestly wish I would have read the book closer to the movie release because I forgot some of the amazing lines and the movie did not do them justice. There is just something special about reading that great one liner.
As with most movie adaptations from books, I would strongly suggest reading the book first. The movie is well above average and even great in my book, no pun intended. Let me know what you thought of the movie!