How To Not Read The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
So in retrospect it was a mistake to try and read the last few chapters of The Fault In Our Stars by John Green while at work.
I started reading the book Thursday after watching the trailer to the movie adaption, and decided that I needed to read it right now. I read the first ten pages in bed before turning the light off, I was crying by the second page, but managed to fall asleep. I read around fifty pages the next day, and then a few more pages in bed before I threw it onto the floor, no longer able to see the pages and acutely aware of the puddle forming under my left ear. Then I didn’t sleep, and thought about the book, and then I stopped not sleeping and started reading again, which quickly started the water works again, but I persevered for an hour. Then it was 6 am and I managed a few hours sleep. None of this was helped by the fact that I was on one of my “I really don’t need sleeping pills dispute all evidence to the contrary” kicks, which never end well.
Fast forward to dragging my sorry arse to work, so once I sorted out some orders and fixed some mistakes and created a few more, I started to read in between customers. It is almost delightfully uncomfortable watching people try to avoid eye contact once they notice my red eyes, sniffing and wiping away of half formed tears. This was accompanied by me trying to be extra friendly and polite, which is often my way of compensating when I am upset when at work.
I might be giving the impression that this books contains nothing which is not depressing or upsetting, if that was true I would have given up. It is one third beautifully sweet, one third funny and one third tragic, and I think it is one of the best books I have read in years. If you have not read it yet you should, as long as you don’t mind being sad, and uplifted, and amused all at the same time, and if you read it on my recommendation I fully expect you to yell at me, and then maybe hug me. I kind of want to go around hugging everyone who has read it, but this may be the sleep deprivation.
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I started reading the book Thursday after watching the trailer to the movie adaption, and decided that I needed to read it right now. I read the first ten pages in bed before turning the light off, I was crying by the second page, but managed to fall asleep. I read around fifty pages the next day, and then a few more pages in bed before I threw it onto the floor, no longer able to see the pages and acutely aware of the puddle forming under my left ear. Then I didn’t sleep, and thought about the book, and then I stopped not sleeping and started reading again, which quickly started the water works again, but I persevered for an hour. Then it was 6 am and I managed a few hours sleep. None of this was helped by the fact that I was on one of my “I really don’t need sleeping pills dispute all evidence to the contrary” kicks, which never end well.
Fast forward to dragging my sorry arse to work, so once I sorted out some orders and fixed some mistakes and created a few more, I started to read in between customers. It is almost delightfully uncomfortable watching people try to avoid eye contact once they notice my red eyes, sniffing and wiping away of half formed tears. This was accompanied by me trying to be extra friendly and polite, which is often my way of compensating when I am upset when at work.
I might be giving the impression that this books contains nothing which is not depressing or upsetting, if that was true I would have given up. It is one third beautifully sweet, one third funny and one third tragic, and I think it is one of the best books I have read in years. If you have not read it yet you should, as long as you don’t mind being sad, and uplifted, and amused all at the same time, and if you read it on my recommendation I fully expect you to yell at me, and then maybe hug me. I kind of want to go around hugging everyone who has read it, but this may be the sleep deprivation.
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