Although we are told time and again to not “judge a book by its cover”, this is a rare opportunity to do so. At first glance, you can immediately tell the book is directed towards kids. From its bright blue color to the chalk-writing, the cover of this book screams out to the teenage audience. The book designers clearly wanted to draw in the reader through the visually unavoidable descriptions and reviews, such as “Electric” and “Bursts of Humor” scribbled over the cover. The center piece of the cover, two clouds, one black and one white, immediately led me to assume “The Fault In Our Stars” is a story that will contain dark moments as well as its fair share of joyful moments. I believe this will be a theme throughout the book, which would explain the designers action of making these contrasting entities the primary image of the cover.<\/p>\n
After making my initial judgements about the cover, I decided to go ahead and begin reading, which helped to further my view on the book designers ultimate goal. Within the first page of the story we are told the main character, who we later learn is named Grace, is a cancer survivor still struggling with her health. This is a prime example of a “dark moment”, or theme, that I assumed would arise in the story from my initial judgement of the cover. The fact that Grace is dealing with cancer draws to the dark, ominous cloud that sits on the books cover. Throughout the first few pages it appears that Grace is not only depressed, but also seems to have given up on all that is good in life.<\/p>\n
The dismal start to the story quickly changes when Grace meets the “hot guy” in her support group, who is named Augustus. There is an immediate connection between the two teenagers, which quickly develops throughout the following chapters. Grace, who has been struggling with severe depression, feels relief, attraction, and pure happiness when she is with Augustus. I found myself smiling while reading Grace’s list of what she like’s about Augustus, which is definitely a lengthy one. This sudden interjection of positivity and hope is exactly what I believe the purely white cloud on the cover stands for. The contrast between the dark and white cloud seems to directly relate to what I assume will be a theme throughout the novel, which is that Grace will constantly experience times of difficulty and times of happiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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