The fault in our stars

Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is a 16-year-old girl who has been fighting thyroid cancer since she was 13. She is alive thanks to an experimental drug but because the cancer has affected her lungs, she has trouble breathing and needs to have an oxygen tank with her wherever she goes.

Her mother and father are upset about Hazel's depression. She responds with the observation that "Depression is a side effect of dying.Her mother insists that she attend a support group for teens meeting at a local church.Hazel is bored with the meeting but can't help but notice that a boy named Augustus is staring at her.He is a cancer survivor who has a prosthetic leg. His best friend Isaac has already lost one eye to cancer and has been told that his other eye will go shortly. 

Gus invites Hazel to his house and they exchange their favorite books. Hers is An "Imperial Affliction", a creative work about a teen with cancer that has deeply affected her. His is an action novel. They both commit to reading the other's book. Soon they are hanging out together at the support group and elsewhere.As her condition worsens, Hazel tries to distance herself from Gus who has fallen in love with her. He is a charming, clever, and sincere young man who takes it upon himself to lift her spirits by constantly reminding her of how beautiful she is and what a special person she is in his eyes.Gus secretly writes Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe), the reclusive author of An "Imperial Affliction", who lives in Amsterdam. Hazel is ecstatic when he replies, and she emails him too. Van Houton does invite them to come to Amsterdam, and Hazel's mother accompanies them on their adventure, the trip proves to be a a turning point in these young lovers' relationship in many ways.

We are captivated as we watch Hazel, Gus, and Isaac struggling with the disease and the pain — a line from An Imperial Affliction becomes their slogan: "Pain demands to be felt"). But at the same time they count their blessings, deal with the fears of their parents, cope with their own mood changes, and — above all — square off with death.