The Fault In Our Stars

Fault in our stars by John Green : this is an incredible book about a  girl called Hazel who suffered from Thyroid ( a type of cancer) originally but now has issues with her lungs. She tells her story about battling cancer but that seems to not be the only thing she is battling as she falls in love with a boy named Augustus Waters who had also been suffering from cancer and has lost one leg to it . As Augustus is introduced , Hazels life is utterly changed forever. 

This is an incredible book that is insightful, bold and raw . It will make you laugh and cry and wanting more . The genre for the book is young adult fiction and it was published in 2012 on the 10th of January. The age rate for this book is 14+ and it has 313 pages . This book is fantastic and really makes you feel many emotions upon reading it . I hope you enjoy the book!

Moby Dick

An American writer named Herman Melville wrote Moby dick in the mid 1800s. Herman writes in an informative way as he fills his storyline with large amounts of facts about the anatomy of whales. He took the pattern of switching between the story and facts about whales. I found that at times it cut the excitement short, as it didn’t allow me to get into the book as much as I thought I would. For example the sailors are launching a harpoon and are about to catch a whale. Melville abruptly switches into telling us about whale skins and what they are made of, not letting us get the full experience and relief of them catching the whale.

However, many people say that Moby dick is one of the best English-language novels that has ever been written, which I’m not disagreeing with as the novel holds huge amounts of complexity and depth which meant I found it quite confusing at times. Despite the novels ambitious language, I found the book to become very boring, mainly due to the fact that I don't share a keen interest in whales as Melville and some readers.

Nonetheless, the underlying story is actually pretty interesting. Ishmael who is illustrated as this outcast narrates his adventures with captain Ahab who is portrayed as this powerful and captivating character. They set out on a mission to fill the ship with sperm whale oil but as you read on it becomes clear it wasn't as easy as first anticipated.

Scarlett Parker