[ SECRET POST #2275 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2275 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[katya]

I wasn't a fan either. My favorite John Green book is the one that apparently most people don't like, though. (An Abundance of Katherines)

To start with, I got turned off early in the book when Hazel said that something (I don't remember what) was a "boy thing" so she didn't like it. I realize that's mostly the character being dumb, but it annoyed me the same way I'd get annoyed if a real person told me that.

Also... this is maybe a weird personal pet peeve, but Hazel kind of struck me as a "fake" outcast (and Augustus a bit too). Yes, her disease has changed her life and she struggles with that, but the book also makes it quite clear that pre-cancer Hazel was a pretty typical Popular Girl and, while her old friends don't understand or feel 100% comfortable with her now, they've stayed her friends, not kicked her to the curb.

I've met a few guys and gals both who chose to semi-isolate themselves and hang with nerds and outcasts when they really fit in just fine elsewhere, and so often it's less about fitting better with the nerds and freaks, and more about making themselves feel better by being the top of the food chain in this group instead of being NBD in the other group.

[(Anonymous)]

That is a bit of a weird personal peeve. I'm not saying it's wrong, it's just... People can be surrounded by friends, family and people who love them and still feel like an outcast. You don't actually have to be alone to feel alone. Especially someone with a terminal illness or some kind of mental illness. Plus, it's just hard to be around people who don't understand what you're going through, especially if you're in the thick of it.

Sorry for the ramble. I wasn't a huge fan of the book either (it struck me as a bit too try hard, I guess?) but I actually found that part very relatable.