John Green

  Yeah i admire his work so much i'm actually dedicating this update to him. So far, i've only read two book of his, 'The Fault In Our Stars' and 'Looking For Alaska' which were both equally great in story-line, character development and writing. I adore his simple, yet so very deep way with words. I remember the first time i saw the book, my friend had brought it with her to school and i was immediately captivated by the cover of the book, 'Looking For Alaska". It was black, with the pattern of what seemed to be like white smoke, which made more sense after reading the book as it actually bares a connection to the book itself, mainly the female lead of the book, Alaska Young. My first book from John Green though, was 'The Fault In Our Stars'. Reading it, i've never felt such amazement, such wonder obtained from a novel in my sixteen short years of life. It took me on a ride to the stars, making everything seemed so unreal, yet so right. I honestly don't know what i'm trying to describe here, obviously i give the shittiest book reviews ever but what i think i'm trying to say is that, John Green has changed my insight, the way i look at things and the way my head interprets them. It's not all about just touching the surface of things no more, now i know that instead of using phrases like "i'm so angry i can kill a cat" or "i'm so sad it's beyond words", i could make a better replacement out of them from phrases such as "this rage has blinded me to do things, horrible, terrible things" or "if the sky had a darkest shade of grey, it'd be today". It's not exactly simple as what comes after the letter B, but it's understandable. The words are simple, nothing fabulous or exquisite and very much easier to understand but are still fully capable of bearing that minor twist used by poets or literature icons in their work.

  I've always been told that i'm a 'touch-and-go' person. Before this, i had a million questions about it, about what is touch-and-go and why am i a person who bares such qualities. Then, i picked up a wonderful novel dressed in a shade of blue that was so radiant, i'd never thought that while it was possibly the most amazing thing that i had held in my hands, it was also the most saddening, heart-breaking thing i've ever had the chance to come across. It taught me how to look deep between the simple words left behind by the dried ink of printing machines that were responsible for the millions of copies of the book. It taught me what inspiration was really like and how we don't need big, fancy words or an epic plot to touch people's hearts. My opinions have it that the two book i've had the pleasure to read from J.G were no doubt the most mellow thing i've ever laid my eyes upon. He doesn't have a story about the tragic lives lost at sea when a big ship rammed into an ice-berg, nor did he write about the great, forbidden love shared between two people that drove them towards the path of suicide. All he had to tell, was the not-so-typical but rather average and highly possible lives of people, mainly teenagers and what ordeal they had to face. What's so great about his books are that they mean something, but at the same time, drama was the last thing that shot across his mind while plotting out the stories. He didn't have to have the most epic climax or the most dramatic ending, all he wanted and aimed for was the thing closest to reality.

  People usually remember movies or books for their dramatic or epic content, like i've already mentioned before, but what if, someone came up with a story about the life of an average teenager moving to an average boarding school and then meeting an average someone whom he thinks he likes. Does that sound exciting, thrilling to you? Does it make you wonder about what boring shit they've got inside the book? Because let me tell you something, sometimes it takes more than perfectly plotted lines you see in movies to make something memorable. Sometimes, the most average, most normal things will catch you off guard and make you realize that you will never ever forget about it. I'm not saying J.H's books are not dramatic at all, well in truth there are some dramatic parts added in for the impact and whatnot, but at least he didn't overdo it. He turned drama-ramas into just drama. No bonus drowning in water scene, or parts where the boys tells the girl to never forget him in words and phrases of nothing less than perfection. Do you know why people sometimes are annoyed by these soap operas or dramas they show on tv? Because nobody in real life would ever talk to anybody like that.

  Like i said, J.G makes things simple yet deep at the same time.It's drama but not DRAMA. People die in his books in shocking ways but it wasn't because they were busy taking a bullet for their friend or trying to detonate a time-bomb from exploding. No, nothing of the sort. The way he plotted his character's death is just like any other cause of death that happens to everybody. It could be cancer, a robbery, an accident with the land mower. He didn't see the need to create an epic ending so that all of us would remember how he sacrificed his life to save the love of his life or how she gave him up because it was the only way to keep him alive. His books have endings that make people feel like they can actually believe the things that he have put into his books. They don't stray too far away from reality but the impact on the readers is the same, whether somebody died, or everyone lived happy ever after, because there is a sense of truth in his words and in the stories he told the world. He doesn't encourage us to chase after the one great love we're all destined to have or the fountain of youth hidden in some Chinese mountain. He's telling us what we don't realize about life, about the things that might be happening to certain people, but not us, about how we don't have to be waiting for 'The One' so that we can fall head over heels in love. We have to stop looking, dreaming of what might be beyond us because sometimes, it is possible for things to be impossible. We'll just have to live life the way it is and see what's coming for us tomorrow. J.G's way of writing has provided me with inspirations i thought had found in other sources. It taught me endless things but the most important one i got out of his books is that, he had taught me how to live.

  Wow. Okay so i got carried away. I'm not rally sure what i've been babbling about for the past hour but i hope it captures the picture of what i'm trying to say. Peace.