The thing about books is
they leave you with memories. The thing about characters is they take the form
of life you want and permanently reside in your universe. Sometimes as a friend
and sometimes as a reflection of what you want to be. The thing about books is
that the story they behold stays with you. It becomes a part of you. They make
you feel emotions you never thought you could feel.
I was looking for a certain
book when I accidently came across John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. Now
even though it is not some extraordinaire work of fiction, it still has that
spark. People who have read it might just call it a ‘chick book (like a chick
flick)’. But I refuse to do so. Emotions cannot be differentiated on the basis
of gender. That would be unfair and rude. Emotions are meant to be felt.
The book is about Hazel
Grace and Augustus (Gus) Waters. Both are Cancer patients and both have a unique
sense of humor which absorbs you as you walk through their journey. The thing
about cancer patients is that we believe they start living death even before
they actually face it. John Green managed to contradict that in a manner as if
mocking us by proving us wrong.
A person leaves you with a
void to deal with for the rest of your life when s/he walks out of your universe.
You never knew what that void could be like unless it hits you in the face.
That’s the thing about death. It leaves the others who are alive emotionally
handicapped. Their lives are like stars that cannot fathom a constellation.
When Gus died, he left a
void in my universe.
This book is definitely
worth a read.
