This Star Won't Go Out

"This was challenging to read. Because Esther was a real girl going through an impossibly tough, unfair life, it was hard for me to read at times. Other times to was beautiful to see who she was, what she thought, and what she was really like, imperfections and all. I would have loved to have known her and discussed Harry Potter philosophy and just participated in general silliness. Her story is a great example of the internet being used in a terrific way, to find community and belonging. This star will never go out, because nerdfighters everywhere won't ever let it! I'm proud to call myself a nerdfighter right along side her. DFTBA<br/>*also this book is best read with a cat near by to cuddle with"

"I have so many things to say. First of all, as a Nerdfighter who loves the fan culture of the vlogbrothers, I found this book to be incredibly awesome (see what I did there) I am so happy to finally read it, and hear from Esther herself. Especially because I’ve only seen bits and pieces of what I know from John’s vlogs and whatnot. And so to get to know Esther as the rest of catitude does is incredible because I was thinking of her as she was described by others and I loved seeing the humanity in her. She was so cute and I read the book through audio, so it was weird to hear familiar names (that I personally know) and be like “hey that’s my friend!” Anyway...Lori, Wayne, you are wonderful people who raised a great daughter who was really influential in making a lot of change both during her life and after her death. I keep thinking back to the weekend of Nerdcon: Nerdfighteria where John broke down during his closing ceremony talk regarding Esther and how we are present in the moment. He discussed the idea that Esther would have loved NC:NF because of the amazing connection everyone felt. Like you could sit with people if they had a Pizza John shirt on and it wouldn’t be weird. I find that so cool!!!! Anyway, as I come out of my stream of consciousness about my experience with the book, I just want to say again thank you John for teaching me to imagine people complexly. I finally got to see Esther complexly!!! This book was perfect with so much angst but also a lot of fun and emotion. Thank you Esther for blessing us."