I just started this new book Cress by Marissa Meyer and it is absolutely fantastic! It's the 3rd book in the series The Lunar Chronicles. It's really part of one of those series that takes a simple, well known, idea/story and puts a creative twist on the whole thing. That's mainly why I chose to read this book. Being fairly familiar with most classic fairytales, and having a liking of futuristic books, this book/series really interested me. It's hard to understand one book without reading the other ones that come first. Each book builds off the one that came before it, making an ongoing and suspenseful storyline; which I prefer. It keeps the story going therefore the books don't keep going on with no plot.

                What also makes this book interesting is that as the book goes on, each chapter switches between different characters stories. Cinder- Cinderella but a cyborg, Scarlet- Red Riding Hood, along with the wolf, and Cress- Rapunzel, who lives in a satellite instead of a tower. It takes those simple fairytales and turns them into an adventurous story that all connect to each other as different characters team up. Marissa Meyer has really done something amazing with these stories. They capture the readers with the books starting and ending suspenseful. There aren't any boring parts which keeps the reader engaged and makes them want to read more; I know I have. There is so much that makes me love this book, but some of it I just can't explain.

     Before I read the book The Fault In Our Stars, I had heard so much about it; All the great parts of the story, the sad parts, what happens in the end, and how amazing the book was and that I needed to read it. Therefore, I set my expectations pretty high. Well, reading the book made me realize that it was nothing like I had imagined it to be like. Still a great book, but much more different.

     As the book may have been very typical like something in reality, the characters were unique and very much refined over the course of the book. As the story went on, the main characters, Hazel and Augustus became more known to the reader. The reader could come to see the characters as if they had to come to life. Each character had been crafted differently in a specific way that each person reacts differently to different situations to create interest and a plot for the book.

     When the different characters interact with each other throughout the book, mainly Hazel and Augustus, they end up have an effect on one another. By the end of the novel, Hazel has become a dynamic character and it becomes easier to see that because the book is through her perspective on life. Even though there isn't a closing/concluding statement that makes it obvious, it is easy to assume. As the story continues, Hazel, who at the beginning of the book was depressed, and constantly thought about cancer, starts to think less and less of it the more she talks to Gus, and explores things. Therefore by the end of the book, Hazel could be considered a dynamic character. It helps to show that there is much more in life, and your days are numbered, therefore you should make the best of it. Hazel helped to show this because she learned the same lesson. In books, when characters are specifically described, or they change by the end of the book, it can greatly help to develop the theme/plot trying to be expressed.

 

 

 

The Fault In Our Stars Article

 

This article describes the plot of the novel. It also explains how John Green gained the inspiration to write the book and also about its publication. The article explains the positive feedback it got from critiques and when/how it became a movie.