The Nation 2.0 discussion

I just finished the book, so I'm still a little wrapped up in it. I'm just wondering if anyone else has finished and what everyone thought. I really enjoyed it, more than Looking for Alaska. I felt the characters were more realistic, less pretencious. I enjoyed Looking for Alaska, just not as much as this one. Any comments? I also just put two and two together and realized why John Green's name is so familiar.

I also liked this book better than Looking for Alaska. I agree that the characters are so much more real in The Fault in Our Stars. I was so much more shaken by the events in The Fault in Our Stars than I was by the events in Looking for Alaska.

I agree with Amber that this book carried far more weight for me than the events of Looking for Alaska. However this being a cancer book, and me being the kind of person who avoids cancer stories the way most avoid...well...things that cause cancer, it took my enjoyment of Alaska, and more importantly my enjoyment of John Green's writing, to get me to give this one a shot. This book is 70% the antithesis of "Cancer stories" and 30% "cancer story." That last 30% is the gut-twisting-twist near the end. The last section is vintage cancer story, which annoyed me, but its also a great portrail of what it feels like to lose someone to soon. Looking at it that second way prevented the book from loosing me.

Also am I the only one that really wants to read An Imperial Affliction now?

I wish it was a real book so that I could add it to my To Read list!

Loved this book! It had me in tears at the end. I too enjoyed Looking For Alaska and found myself enjoying this much more. Bonus points also to John Green for being apart of Mental Floss!