I think the beauty of the book was in the characters, because they're so much more than their cancer, they're like real people we know.
In the videos that John Green posts on Vlogbrothers John always seems so genuinely pleased with the film that I can't help but believe that it will turn out okay I trust him and his influence I guess. I am feeling surprisingly positive about the forthcoming film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars. I have high hopes for this film, that it will convey the unique voice of John Green that so many teens have fallen in love with. I want to laugh, too, even if it is through tears. I don't want a happily ever after ending, I want something that makes me leave the cinema in tears, that gives me a whole new perspective on teenage love and tragedy.
I am worried, though, that the movie might fall into the sappy love story rut, which is so much less than the novel. I hope that the film adaptation really captures Green's brilliant work, and shows how it's different from the generic romance novel. It's funny, it's frank, and it's heart wrenching. However, upon reading it, I realized that John Green's masterpiece is far more than a teenage love story. I generally pride myself on reading classical literature, and nonfiction, not what I previously regarded as a "romcom" book. I hope the film doesn't stray from the book too far… I want to have my heart broken, and my heart can only be broken in certain ways… KhadijaH10Īfter hearing that The Fault in Our Stars was becoming a film, I became secretly very excited. I'm trying not to get too excited about it so it's not a let down but I'm dying to see it. I hope that the film isn't over dramatised and made out to be even more upsetting that the book – I struggled enough with the book! The soundtrack is really good – not much to judge a book by but gives you an idea of the feel of it. I am glad to have seen John Green involved in the production of it and also the cast looks very promising. Plus, it has Ansel Elgort in it, so it can't go too wrong. For that reason, I'm more worried about humiliating myself by the wailing tears I know will be running down my cheeks the whole way through, than if I'll like the movie or not – of course, I'm terrified it will ruin the book for me and millions of others, but the book is such a classic, I don't think anyone or anything could possibly ruin it. Therefore if John Green says the movie adaptation of TFIOS is good (as he has repeatedly done), I trust him with that too. I trust him to break my heart, to make me laugh and to leave me wanting more. As the movie starts to hit the big screens all over the world, what are you most worried and excited about? What might be done well or (sharp intake of breath) even better than the book? Or will it be a cheese-filled flop? We asked mega fans of the book, all members of the Guardian children's books site, to share their dreams and nightmares as this much treasured novel is turned into a film…
We've gone through it with The Hunger Games, Twilight, Divergent and even Harry Potter, and now it's the turn of John Green's book The Fault in Our Stars.