Causes of Ugly Crying

  Some time ago, I found a webpage called GoodReads.  How did I find it? Well, because I was in a book hangover, and needed a new book to “start” again.  This page has hundreds and hundreds of book reviews made by readers. So you just need to write the title of the story you want to read, and see what others have said about it. It is kind of tricky, since we all not think the same , we don´t like or love the same things, and maybe a book that you would enjoy has horrible reviews.  I didn´t know what I wanted to read, and decided to go to the Lists section and dick around. “Best Books Ever”,  “Books That Should Be Made Into Movies”,  “The BOOK was BETTER than the MOVIE”,  “Couldn't Put The Book Down”,  “YA Novels of 2011” , etc, etc, until I found “Causes of Ugly Crying”. That last was…interesting.  There was a book that even saying its name makes me want to cry: The Fault in Our Stars.  I knoooow, it is well known for being in a young adult category and because lots of girls have read it (things that “good readers” frown at).  But here is when I I draw my imaginary sword and defend this book.

Yes, I don´t like its author (John Green) and yes, it already has a movie, which will be released in July, but the story is a cause of ugly crying, and I really really like those type of books. Hazel is a sixteen years old girl trying to live as normal as possible with an “air machine” that helps her breath since she has lung cancer. Hundreds of worlds later, she meets a boy who has just been operated and his cancer seems to be gone for good. It might sound cliché, well, it is! But still, there´s a lot more. What I like about this story is how both characters connect. Connect? Like Wi-Fi? No, like only friends can.   As I started to read it, I couldn´t erase the smile on my face. Hazel and Augustus (the boy) have the most hilarious conversations. They laugh still knowing that their life were shitty, knowing that Augustus is not completely cured, knowing that maybe the next day one of them wouldn´t have a day to mark on the calendar.  Hazel´s favourite book ends in the middle of a sentence. Picture that! You would find and force the author to tell you the end.  And they did so, kind of.  Hazel and Augustus go to Amsterdam to try to get the end of the book from the very author´s mouth.  The author is a person with a ruined life, so he is such an ass to everyone who dares to talk to him. They travel half the world and can´t get the missing end that is driving both crazy.  Hundreds of words later, Augustus´ cancer is back and well…causes for ugly crying happen.

I won´t tell you how this book ends, you can go and find it by yourself. But to make a point, that list on GoodRead is quite accurate.