This book is about a girl that can't breath and has always been looking at life in a negative way. Until he met a guy at support group and at is a group with people just like Hazel. She has very low self esteem because of the disease. Her parents forced her to go to the support group so get a more social life, even though she thinks it's bad. She never thought that she will meet her love in that support group, Augustus Waters. It's a sad story because in the end, the beautiful relationship of them can't continue because of their fate.

This book is based on Greek mythology, during the story Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks that the Percy stole his lightning bolt. To prove that he didn't do it, he have to restore the lighting bolt and catch the real thief in 10 days. One of the most impressive thing about this story is how the author uses Greek mythology in the story. One of the person that is really important to him is his mother, and he had to rescue her.