Augustus VS Miles.

Why do I prefer Augustus over Miles?

(Lots of "The Fautl in Our Stars" and "Looking for Alaska" SPOILERS)

   

   It is clear that Augustus Waters and Miles Cavalry share some similarities: they are two rather lonely boys searching for some excitement in their lives so, consequently, both of them fall in love with "their" girls pretty soon and, somehow, out of the blue. But it is the way they behave after this "love at first sight" has occurred that makes me to lean forward to Augustus.

   Augustus knows that he likes Hazel and that he wants to seize the moment and be with her, so he starts to do things to achive his goal (Some very lovely things as being there for her when she gets upset while staring at the swing set, for example) I love this about him. He might seem a little childish and reckless at first but for me this is just a consequence of his firm intention to not let the cancer win the battle of living a worthy life (I am sure that Gus has thought about if he wants to get involved with someone again after his horrible relationship with Caroline, his ex) For Augustus the answer is always yes, he is so focus on the great things ahead that he is not afraid to try. ---> As he sais himself, he is not concerned about getting hurt rather than choosing what people could actually hurt him.

  

   Miles also knows that he likes Alaska but he is not sure about what to do with that feeling and, of course, he is too scared to make a move, so he ends up accepting whatever move Alaska wants to make with him. He is still figuring out what relations are and what they can be, everything is new to him (as his breaf relationship with Lara showed us) I still like how Miles cope with life and death, I apreciate the developement of the character but sometimies he bothered me, thats all.

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 In conclusion, Augustus knows himself better than Miles. Gus is a more mature character and I suppose I can't blame Miles for being less ready to tackle new situations since he has not experience half as much as Augustus has. Maybe Augustus is a more fictional character and Miles is a more realistic one and I just love some heroic male roles. Who knews.

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   If you have read these books and you want to comment about this issue or any other that has popped into your mind while reading them feel free to do so! I would love to hear your opinions!

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Anna and the French Kiss (Review)

"Anna and the french kiss" by Stephanie Perkins.

   This book is about a girl called Anna who is send to a Boarding School in Paris. She is from Atlanta and is not very happy about having to leave his American life behind. When the school year starts she meets a bunch of new friends but, overall, a handsome boy with a British accent and then, as expected, their love story develops.

   I have to say that I didn't like this book, this is an essential information because all my review will consists on me explaining why. Don't get me wrong I didn't dislike the predictable fact about this book. I usually like teenagy love stories.

   I dislike it mainly because I didn't get along with Anna. I tried through the whole novel to excuse her behavior because she was a teenager but then I realize that it would be unfair. Being a teenager doesn't have to mean to be immature and to think you are the center of everything. Anna is not empathetic and everything in her life is a drama. She thinks she can flirt with St. Clair, even if he has a girlfriend, but her friend Bridge doesn't have the right to date a boy she used to like. She is not a good friend: not for Bridge and not for Rashmi either.

   Besides, St. Clair does cheat on his girlfriend Ellie. I know that this character has good characteristics and that he is quite charismatic, but I couldn't forget the fact during almost the whole book that he didn't love his girlfriend and that he liked Anna and still he didn't broke up with Ellie and, for me, the fear or being alone doesn't justify it.

   In addition, everything was soooo stereotypical. Every boy liked Anna and the rest of the girls have some kind of flaw: Mer was chubby, Rashmi was rude, Ellie was a stuck up university girl, etc.

   These are my reasons for not liking "Anna and the french kiss" but you can comment me your reasons for liking, loving of disliking it. There is nothing I can enjoy more than a good debate.

Side note: This is just my opinion, it is not my intention to offend anyone or to say that this book doesn't deserve to be liked. I respect others' opinions, this is just my own.

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The fault in our stars

   I have have just seen THE FAULT IN OUR STARS and obviously I know that there already are millions, billions of reviews about this film on the internet but still, I wanted to say something about it. As Augustus itself says: "I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simple pleasures of existence" And for me, thinking about this story is one of those pleasures.

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   First of all, it is the first movie I cry and laugh with at the same time; something I am very grateful for because enjoying a totally made up story with such a passion is a gift, you can appreciate it or think that you will feel the same about other event soon. I chose the first one and hence name it "extraordinary", so I have the perfect excuse to cling on to it fearing  it will vanish.

               

   Secondly, I don't know if I am the only one that had this thought crossing my mind while watching the movie: "I want to rewatch this again but alone, in my room, at night and with the house completely quiet so I can cry as much as I want without having to worry about disturbing the whole cinema". When I am wrinting this it is 2 AM and I am too sleepy to expose myself to all of those emotions again but what I could bare was listening to the soundtrack with my eyes closed and try to fall asleep. Even only with the music I started to cry again (All of the stars by Ed Sheeran is just too much) and I decided to write this.

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   And to wrap this up, "The fault in our stars" have taught me these: to enjoy every life pleasure (whatever those are for you) and to live in a roller coaster that only goes up, because you never know how big your infinity is and ...never forget to open your heart and feel.
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   P.S: I heard someone say that John Green is one of the most quotable authors ever. I totally agree.