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'''''The Fault in Our Stars''''' is the sixth ] by author ], published in January 2012. The story is narrated by a sixteen-year-old ] patient named Hazel Grace Lancaster, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-] player and ]. The title is inspired from Act 1, Scene 2 of ]'s play '']'', in which the nobleman ] says to ]: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." ] of the novel directed by ] and starring ], ] and ] was released on June 6, 2014.<ref name="deahl"/>

==Plot==

==Writing==
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==Publication history==
On December 21, 2011, ] accidentally shipped 1500 copies of ''The Fault in Our Stars'' before the release date to people who had pre-ordered the book. Green released a statement saying, "Mistakes happen. The people who made this error were not bad or incompetent people, and they were not acting maliciously. We all make mistakes, and it is not my wish to see Barnes and Noble or any of their employees vilified."<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Green|url=http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/14578172294/the-leaking-of-the-fault-in-our-stars|title=The Leaking of The Fault in Our Stars|website=John Green's ]|date=21 December 2011|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> Many people who received the book pledged not to read it until its release date, January 10, 2012, or discuss it until the next day, January 11, as per a request of Green's not to spoil it for other readers. Most kept to this promise leaving the experience untarnished for those who got the book on intended release date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=John|title=There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOuGTNYGi7Y|publisher=]|date=December 23, 2011|accessdate=January 12, 2012}}</ref>

The book rose to #1 on the ] and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists in June 2011 shortly after its title was announced.<ref name="wsj1">{{cite web|last=Trachtenberg|title=Jeffrey A|date=1 July 2011|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450604576418161912396814.html|title=Tweeting from a La-Z-Boy, An Unfinished Book Hits No. 1|work=]|accessdate=24 December 2013}}</ref> Green promised that every pre-order would be hand-signed by him, requiring him to sign every copy of the first printing. He proposed that the general public vote on the color ] he would use to sign the books, resulting in him signing the 150,000 books with a variety of Sharpie colors, each in proportion to the amount of votes received for that color.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=John|title=The Fault in Our Stars|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xF-T8XXXR8&feature=channel_video_title|publisher=]|date=29 June 2011|accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref> However, some people who ordered from international booksellers received unsigned copies because those bookstores, including Amazon UK, underestimated how many books they needed and ordered more after the signing was complete, but Green agreed to fix this problem, telling people with unsigned pre-orders to email him so they could be sent a signed bookplate.<ref name="qTuesday is here">{{cite web |first=John |last=Green |title=Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars is Here Edition |url=http://johngreenbooks.com/question-tuesday-the-fault-in-our-stars-is-here-edition/ |publisher=John Green Books |date=January 10, 2012 |accessdate=February 11, 2012 }}</ref> Many fans submitted their book cover designs to various outlets including Tumblr and Twitter, tagging Green in these posts so he could see them. The sizeable number of posts received has prompted Green's publisher Penguin to seek a fan-designed cover for a reprint of one of Green's other books, '']''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=John|title=An Abundance of Covers Competition|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/minisites/john_green/|publisher=Penguin Group|accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref> ''The Fault in Our Stars'' debuted at #1 on ] for Children's Chapter Books<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Sellers: January 29, 2012 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-01-29/chapter-books/list.html |work=] |date=January 22, 2012|accessdate=January 22, 2012 }}</ref> and remained in that spot for seven consecutive weeks.<ref name="Heyman">{{cite web |first=Marshall|last= Heyman |title=The Young and the Sociable |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229360592101868.html |publisher='']'' |date=February 18, 2012|accessdate=February 18, 2012 }}</ref> A Hebrew edition of The Fault in Our Stars was published in Israel on August 2012 and more editions of the novel are forthcoming in Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Chinese, and Portuguese. ''The Fault in Our Stars'' has also gained places on several bestseller lists. It was #1 on the '']'' bestseller list, #1 on the ''Indiebound'' bestseller list, and #9 on '']'' bestseller list. The novel was also the '']'' Book Review Editor's Choice.<ref>{{cite web|title=JohnGreenBooks.com: The Fault in Our Stars|url=http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> As of January 2013, there are nearly 1 million copies of the novel in print.<ref name="Minzesheimer">{{cite web |author=Bob Minzesheimer |title=John and Hank Green rock Carnegie Hall |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/01/16/john-green-hank-green-nerdfighters-fault-in-our-stars/1839151/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed |publisher= '']'' |date=2013-01-16 |accessdate=2013-01-17 }}</ref> In December 2012 it was announced that a special edition with a silver cover and an expanded Q&A, dubbed the 'Exclusive Collector's Edition', would be available from Barnes and Noble. All or at least most of the copies first available for purchase of this edition of the book contained a printing error wherein several pages of the first chapter were replaced with pages from the Q&A section at the back of the book.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sprague|first=Rachel|title='The Fault in Our Stars' collector's edition publish date pushed back|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/01/04/the-fault-in-our-stars-collectors-edition-publish-date-pushed-back|date=January 4, 2013|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''The Fault in Our Stars'' has received critical acclaim from critics. Critics mostly praised the book for its humor, strong characters, language, themes and new perspective on cancer and romance. '']''{{'}} review of the book called it "a blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical and funny" and said that it "stays the course of tragic realism", while noting that the book's unpleasant plot details "do nothing to diminish the romance; in Green’s hands, they only make it more moving."<ref>{{cite news|last=Standiford|first=Natalie|title=The Tenacity of Hope|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/books/review/the-tenacity-of-hope.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=childrensbooks|date=January 15, 2012|accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> ]'s Rachel Syme noted that " voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization," saying that the "elegantly plotted" book "may be his best." <ref>{{cite web|last=Syme|first=Rachel|title='The Fault In Our Stars': Love In A Time Of Cancer|url=http://www.npr.org/2012/01/17/145343351/the-fault-in-our-stars-love-in-a-time-of-cancer|publisher=]|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> '']'' called ''The Fault in Our Stars'' "damn near genius."<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lev Grossman |title=The Topic of Cancer |publisher='']'' |date=February 6, 2012 |accessdate=September 12, 2013 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2105454,00.html }}</ref> '']'' wrote, " love story is as real as it is doomed, and the gut-busting laughs that come early in the novel make the luminous final pages all the more heartbreaking", and gave the novel an overall A&minus; grade.<ref>{{cite web |author=Stephan Lee |title=The Fault in Our Stars |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20558309,00.html |publisher='']'' |date=January 11, 2012 |accessdate=January 29, 2012 }}</ref> ] calls it “insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw” and Green’s “most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet.”<ref name="Amazon.com: The Fault in Our Stars">{{cite web|title=Amazon.com: The Fault in Our Stars|url=http://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/0525478817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330332511&sr=8-1=|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> The '']'' says that the book is "a collection of maudlin scenes and trite observations about the fragility of life and the wisdom of dying. And while it does talk about those things and more, the treatment of it is far from being maudlin or trite."<ref name="Manilla Bulletin">{{cite news|title=Love in The Time Of The Big C|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|date=9 March 2012}}</ref> The ] also added that "Just two paragraphs into the work, and he immediately wallops the readers with such an insightful observation delivered in such an unsentimental way that its hard not to shake your head in admiration."<ref name="Manilla Bulletin"/> The Manila Bulletin stated that ''The Fault in Our Stars'' was a triumph for John Green.<ref name="Manilla Bulletin"/> '']'' called it a "elegiac comedy."<ref name="USA Today">{{cite journal|last=Minzesheimer|first=Bob|title='The Fault in Our Stars": not a cancer book|journal=USA Today|date=2012-02-02|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/the-fault-in-our-stars-not-a-cancer-book/2470369/|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> They gave the book a rating of four out of four stars.<ref name="USA Today"/>'']'' stated that it was "a strong choice for Adult Collections."<ref name="School Library Journal">{{cite journal|title=The Fault in Our Stars|journal=School Library Journal|date=April 2012|year=2012}}</ref> ''The Fault in Our Stars'' received a starred review from '']'', who described it as "a smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/john-green/fault-in-our-stars/|title=The Fault in Our Stars|work=]|date=10 January 2012|accessdate=24 December 2013}}</ref>

Several well-known authors have contributed their own positive reviews for the book. ], author of '']'', calls ''The Fault in Our Stars'' "an electric portrait of young people who learn to live life with one foot in the grave." She goes on to say that the novel is "filled with staccato bursts of humor and tragedy." Bestselling author of '']'', ], describes it as "a novel of life and death and the people caught in between" and "John Green at his best". Pertaining to Green's writing throughout the book, ], author of ''The Boyfriend List'', says "He makes me laugh and gasp at the beauty of a sentence or the twist of a tale. He is one of the best writers alive and I am seething with envy of his talent."<ref name="Amazon.com: The Fault in Our Stars"/> '']'' named ''The Fault in Our Stars'' as the #1 fiction book of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lev Grossman|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/04/top-10-arts-lists/slide/john-green-the-fault-in-our-stars/|title=Top 10 Fiction Books|publisher='']'' |date=December 4, 2012|accessdate=December 7, 2012}}</ref> ''Kirkus Reviews'' listed it among the top 100 children's books of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Vicky|last=Smith|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/2012-best-of/section/children/?page=24|title=Best Children's Books of 2012 (Page 24)|work=]|date=|accessdate=24 December 2013}}</ref> It also made ''USA Today''{{'s}} list of the top 10 books of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|authors=Deirdre Donahue, Jocelyn McClurg, Carol Memmott, Bob Minzesheimer and Craig Wilson|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2012/12/19/10-books-we-loved-reading-in-2012/1767987/|title=10 books we loved in 2012|work=]|date=21 December 2012|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> In 2013, the '']'' named the book one of their "favourite books of the year."<ref>{{cite web | first = Brittney | last = Le Blanc | url = http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Edmonton+Journal+staff+pick+favourite+books+year/9288968/story.html | title = Edmonton Journal staff pick favourite books of the year | work = ] | date = 16 December 2013 | accessdate = 26 December 2013 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20140311200908/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Edmonton+Journal+staff+pick+favourite+books+year/9288968/story.html | archivedate = 2014-03-11 }}</ref>

One notable unfavorable opinion appeared in the '']''.<ref name="Daily Mail">{{cite news
| last =Tanith | first =Carey | title = The ′sick-lit′ books aimed at children: It's a disturbing phenomenon. Tales of teenage cancer, self-harm and suicide... | newspaper = ] | location = United Kingdom | date = 2013-01-03 | url =http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2256356/The-sick-lit-books-aimed-children-Its-disturbing-phenomenon-Tales-teenage-cancer-self-harm-suicide-.html | accessdate = 2013-08-22 }}</ref> In the piece, the plot of ''The Fault in Our Stars'' was described as ″mawkish at best, exploitative at worst″ and the book was characterized as belonging to the ″sick-lit″ ] genre, together with other young-adult novels such as ''Never Eighteen'' and '']''. This entire genre, as well as the genre of young-adult novels dealing with suicide and self-harm (the piece mentions '']''; '']''; '']''; and '']'') was criticized as being ″distasteful″ and inappropriate for their target audience of teens.<ref name="The Guardian Response">{{cite news | last =Pauli | first =Michelle | title = ′Sick-lit′? Evidently young adult fiction is too complex for The Daily Mail | newspaper = ] | location = United Kingdom | date = 2013-01-04 | url =http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/04/sick-lit-young-adult-fiction-mail | accessdate = 2013-08-22 }}</ref> '']'' criticized the piece, pointing out in particular that ''The Fault in Our Stars'' was chosen by ''The Guardian'' as that month's ″teen book club choice″ because ″it's a gripping read, featuring two compelling characters, that deals sensitively and even humorously with a difficult situation without descending into mawkishness.″ In general, ''The Guardian'' faulted ''The Daily Mail'' for suggesting that the issues of illness, depression, and sexuality are inappropriate precisely ″in the one place where difficult subjects have traditionally been most sensitively explored for teens: fiction written specifically for them.″<ref name="The Guardian Response"/> However, ], a writer of young adult novels, sided with ''The Daily Mail'' in her comment to the reply by writing in her blog, ''Almost True'', "Don't throw the baby out with the Sick Lit."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wheniwasjoe.blogspot.com/ |title=Almost True |publisher=Wheniwasjoe.blogspot.com |date=2012-10-17 |accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref> For his part, in an interview for ''The Guardian'', John Green said, ″The thing that bothered me about ''The Daily Mail'' piece was that it was a bit condescending to teenagers. I'm tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren't smart, that they can't read critically, that they aren't thoughtful, and I feel like that article made those arguments.″<ref name="The Guardian Glasgow Interview">{{cite news | title = John Green: 'I'm tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren't smart' | newspaper = ] | location = United Kingdom | date = 2013-02-27 | url =http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/feb/27/john-green-adults-teenagers-smart-interview | accessdate = 2013-08-22 }}</ref>

==Film adaptation==
{{Main|The Fault in Our Stars (film)}}

In January 2012, Fox 2000, a division of ], optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a feature film.<ref name="deahl">{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Deahl |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Fox Options John Green's 'Fault in Our Stars' |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/50442-fox-options-john-green-s-fault-in-our-stars.html |magazine=] |accessdate=July 23, 2013 }}</ref> ] and ] wrote the adapted screenplay. ] signed on to direct a year later, in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Fault in Our Stars Movie Lands Director|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fault-stars-movie-lands-director-422485|publisher=]}}</ref> Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen produced the film.<ref name="kroll">{{Cite news |first=Justin |last=Kroll |date=July 23, 2013 |title=Laura Dern Joins ‘Fault in Our Stars’ |magazine=Variety |url=http://variety.com/2013/film/news/laura-dern-fault-in-our-stars-1200566848/ |accessdate=July 23, 2013 }}</ref> ] stars as Hazel, while ] plays Augustus.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sara Vilkomerson|title=Shailene Woodley offered lead role for 'The Fault in Our Stars'|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/19/shailene-woodley-fault-in-our-stars/|publisher=''Entertainment Weekly''|date=March 19, 2013|accessdate=March 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Sara Vilkomerson |title=Ansel Elgort offered lead in 'The Fault in Our Stars' opposite Shailene Woodley -- Exclusive |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/05/10/ansel-elgort-gus-fault-in-our-stars/ |publisher=''Entertainment Weekly'' |date=May 10, 2013 |accessdate=May 11, 2013 }}</ref> ] was cast as Isaac, the friend that introduces them, and ] stars as Hazel's mother.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Sara |last=Vilkomerson |date=July 23, 2013 |title=Nat Wolff cast as Isaac in 'The Fault in Our Stars' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/07/23/nat-wolff-fault-in-our-stars-isaac/ |accessdate=July 23, 2013 }}</ref> ] was cast as Mr. Lancaster, Hazel's father.<ref>{{cite web|last=David |first=Jesse |url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/fault-in-our-stars.html |title=True Blood’s Trammell Joins Fault in Our Stars |publisher=Vulture |date=2013-08-15 |accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref> On August 29, 2013, John Green announced that ] would be playing Patrick, and on September 6, 2013, Green announced that ] would portray Peter Van Houten.

Principal photography began on August 26, 2013 in ], which doubled for the novel's setting of ], ], with a few days in ], Netherlands before concluding October 16, 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2013 |title=Fox 2000 shoots for 'Stars' in Pittsburgh |first=Tim |last=Schooley |newspaper=Pittsburgh Business Times |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/07/09/the-fault-in-our-stars-to-shoot-in.html |accessdate=July 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2013 |title= New film 'Fault in Our Stars' to be shot in Pittsburgh |first=Jacob |last=Axelrad |newspaper= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/the-fault-in-our-stars-to-start-filming-here-aug-26-694852/ |accessdate=July 11, 2013 }}</ref> The film was released on June 6, 2014 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|first=Lindsay|last=Deutsch|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/10/08/john-green-social-media-tfios/2944079/|title='The Fault In Our Stars' movie gets a release date|work=]|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> It was positively received by critics, with praise going to Woodley's performance as well as the entire film. The film also proved to be commercially successful, retaining the No. 1 spot at the box-office during its opening weekend, and grossed over $266 million worldwide against its budget of $12 million.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url= http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=faultinourstars.htm |title= The Fault In Our Stars (2014) |publisher= IMDB |work = ] |accessdate = August 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fault_in_our_stars/ |title=The Fault In Our Stars |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=June 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-fault-in-our-stars |title=The Fault in Our Stars Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=June 6, 2014}}</ref> It was released on ] and ] on September 16, 2014.

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