Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.128.48.147-20140817035628/@comment-71.191.251.245-20190322003448

Its kinda funny that people are 'happy' for Hazel dying one year after Gus does(supposedly because they can be together in some place) and I think it really goes against the theme of the whole book. Hazel not having a story after TFIOS ends is like no other story existing to any character after the story ends in AIA because Peter Van Houten was too lazy. (and no, just because his book was based on his daughter('s death) doesn't justify the fact that he was a horrible, drunken little [inappropriate word] who could never get over his own past) If John Green wanted to be like Houten, who he portrayed as becoming somewhat better, than this is understandable. However, Hazel's personality isn't really a 'defeatist,' not really. She was just cynical and sarcastic, but she DEFINITELY wouldn't have ended her life because she was just too sad or whatever lame reason like that. IF she really died one year after Gus, than it was because of her cancer or because Phalanxifor didn't work anymore, and there is nothing beautiful or even remotely nice about it.