As a former Boy Scout, I am so sick of the national organization dragging it's feet on this issue. It's a disgrace. Get it the fuck together, BSA! You should be better than this intolerant bullshit!

It's a reminder that sick people are still humans rather than sweeping them under the rug or making them plot point in a healthy person's story. The leading characters in this book are sick. Everyone else is peripheral. It's a reminder that sick people are people too, whereas Nicholas Sparks style cancer drama tends…

I'm personally quite appalled at the cavalier way you're treating "smiling at." I mean, I feel it's a bit raunchy for a supposedly SFW site, I certainly don't approve of it being discussed around eighth graders. In my day this kind of sheer disregard for moral standards would never have happened.

If you need me, I'll…

Based on that story, I'm pretty sure it would. There are multiple points in the story that might. I hope you're ok today.

I love teen books and loathe romance, which means that I often complain vehemently about the YA books I love to read. (enough of the love triangles. please) That said, I read The Fault in Our Stars when it first came out. I would say before the hype, but it's John Green so I think it always had a bit of hype…

I have to admit that I saw the Anne Frank house scene as a major misstep in an otherwise very good movie, but apparently they DID get permission to film in the site itself, and in fact this was the first major Hollywood film ever to get approval to film there. So they must think it's okay.

It's from the POV of a sarcastic, cynical teenage girl, though. Not an adult, who we might expect to have a more measured, not to mention PC, train of thought.

I admit it. I was a mess by the end. I just wanted to find a bottle of whisky and eat raw meat.

And it's not just cancer magically granting them those things, either. Teenagers, in general, can be introspective, funny, smart and attractive. That's part of what makes this film appealing to young people (from what I've read). The film doesn't treat teens are bratty brainless idiots. They're actually, you know,…

The comparison doesn't hold up at all. Pattinson did one Harry Potter movie and the Twilight. Then he tried to build a career as an actor. Woodley has been on television, supporting roles in movies and has worked up to leading in 2 films this spring/summer. She built a career and then starred in big YA…

You realize that "experimental cancer drugs" do exist, right? The drug in the book is fictional, but is based on Herceptin, which is real.

Hazel isn't undergoing chemo. I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if it touches on this, but in the book, Hazel is supposed to be fairly stable as a result of an experimental drug. She's still terminal, but the drug is keeping her day-to-day suffering in check.

I was saying boo-urns.

I read this book this weekend, at the request of my 14 year old son who loved it. I loved it. So I'm terrified, even though I've been told by someone who's seen it that it is very true t the book, that the movie won't meet expectations...

John Green has made some pretty awesome/bad jokes about a sequel. I didn't even like the book as much as I just like him.

I would actually think it shows that a YA novel translated to film doesn't have to be a dystopian future or supernatural romance. Also, I think it was released at an ideal time of year. School for most is just out so there's a huge market of teens looking for something to do in their first few weekends of freedom…

As a former preteen with cancer, the sort of pretentious, existential BS way of talking is very much in line with some cancer kids. You're either the really happy, perky, "cancer is a gift" type of patient, or you're like Hazel, Gus, Isaac (and me.) It's a little cringe-worthy, but given the circumstances hopefully a…

No they won't. They'll just look at this as a fluke.

Adults should feel embarrassed about reading literature written for children.

It's just Dubliners. I've read it and I liked it. But I also love Harry Potter. That's the beauty of books. You can read lots of them. You don't have to limit yourself. And you sure as shit don't have to try to limit other people.