Poignant and Snarky

John Green's writing style is both snarky and disarmingly poignant. The characters in this novel, Hazel, Augustus, Isaac, are just like any other teenager, except they have cancer. They go through daily life and have the same aptitude for sarcastic comments as anyone else. But in their cases, they suffer through something so tremendous that this witty and snarky atmosphere is pierced with moments of heartbreaking sincerity, when the reader truly realizes how great their struggle is. Cancer has developed moments of complete honesty in these teens where they discover profound truths about both life and death.