Compare And Contrast The Fault In Our Stars

As of today, there have been 10.7 million copies sold of the book "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green. Isn't that crazy? Well, it is no secret that this story became a high trending topic in 2014. This story features 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster and her time battling cancer. Troughout her journey she meets lovable character Augustus Waters, whom she falls in love with. This gave readers a very heartwarming, yet nostalgic story. Since there was such great success with the novel, Green decided to take action and convert it into a film. On various occasions I have heard the phrase "The book is always better than the movie". Though, what is the reason behind saying this? How can you come to that conclusion? To understand the differences between the book/film version, it is necessary to look at what was included and excluded from each version.
In the book, Hazel arrives to Augustus's house but her and her mother heard crying and Augustus scream. "As we approached the house, I could hear someone crying inside" (Green 249). In the film it only shows Hazel and her mom arriving to Augustus's house and he brings his stuff into the car without the incident in the book. Another part that was in the book that wasn't in the film was when Hazel was at the support group in church. "After I finished, there was quite a long period of silence as I watched a smile spread all the way across Augustus's face- not the little crooked smile of the boy trying to be sexy while he stared at me, but his real smile, too big for his face. 'Goddamn,' Augustus said quietly. 'Aren't you something else'' (Green 34). While this specific event happened in the book, in the film all Augustus did, was smile at Hazels