It’s the first novel I've read that has been narrated by two authors and I must admit it was interesting thing to do, kind of feels like getting two books in one.
In this novel each author have created a character and the both have the same names Will Grayson, John Green wrote WG (upper and lower case text) while Levithan wrote wg's chapter (all in lower case).
The story is about the two Wills that will coincidentally meet at a much unexpected place and their life will never be the same again. John Green's WG is straight , raised by two concerned , professionnel parents and doesn't like attention even though he is a friend of the most famous gay in school Tiny cooper; The other wg is gay, depressed, lives with his mom and always complaining about his life to his friend Maura.
To be honest I liked WG more, he is hilarious and he made me more sure that John green's characters are the best , He have two main rules in his life : 1- Don't care 2- Shut up. The second wg just was difficult to understand, he is emo , everlastingly in a bad mood kind of like the worst scenario for a teenager.
In general, The positive points I can mention about this book:
- It has a lot of humor;
- It contains a lot of sentences that will make you pause and think a little about them and even maybe reread them once , twice , ...;
- It contains some sarcastic, genius passages that I will quote for you :
“You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can‘t pick your friend‘s nose.” *lol
“You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. ”
“You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. ”
“I have a friend request from some stranger on facebook and i delete it without looking at the profile because that doesn't seem natural. 'cause friendship should not be as easy as that. it's like people believe all you need to do is like the same bands in order to be soulmates. or books.omg... U like the outsiders 2... it's like we're the same person! No we're not. It’s like we have the same english teacher. There’s a difference.”
“The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end. ”
“Everyone in our school has afterschool activities. Mine is going home.”
However, I didn't like how tiny cooper is having a huge presence in the lives of both wills to the extent I thought that the book should be titled 'Tiny cooper and the both Wills' no wonder he and his musical got their spinoff book : Hold me closer : The Tiny Cooper story , I just couldn't stand him or his musical. Tiny was such selfish annoying personality for me.
Overall, it was a good book, I enjoyed reading some chapters, others made me feel really bored!
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