Will Grayson, Will Grayson

This is the story of two Will Graysons.

The first, and all the following odd chapters, are John Green's Grayson. He's a bit shy, and a bit cynical, and lives his life by two rules: 1. don't care and 2. shut up. I refer to him as Capital Will, because unlike will grayson, he knows when to use the shift key. But even with his restricting motto, Capital Will can be fun, lovable, and quite hilarious. I'm not going to lie, I sort of developed a fictional crush.

The second, and all the even chapters, are David Levithan's Grayson. Other will grayson suffers from chronic depression, has very few friends, if you could even call them that, and is a closet homosexual. I have such an attraction towards the self loathing, tortured characters, so it's no surprised that I found myself very drawn to his chapters. I absolutely loved his dark humor and sarcasm. The only draw back with him was that sometimes I found his “h8 lyfe” attitude was a little too cliche.

I know I said that this was the story of two Will Graysons, and it is, but it's also the story of Capital Will's best friend Tiny. “Tiny Cooper is not the world's gayest person, and he is not the world's largest person, but I believe he may be the world's largest person who is really, really gay, and also the world's gayest person who is really, really large.” Tiny reminded me my in-real-life somewhat large, and very gay friend. While he is bubbly, passionate, and charming, he can also be extremely self absorbed and obnoxious. I found him annoying at times, but for the most part I loved him because I knew deep down he's a nice person who's just struggling with finding himself.

Whether is was luck, or fate, or destiny, or just plain coincidence, Will Grayson and will grayson's lives intersect one evening in a porn shop in Chicago. Chapter by chapter we see how each author's casts lives are slowing changing.

This book was just simply made of awesome. It was so funny that I actually laughed out loud several, which I rarely do while reading. I loved all the pop culture references (Rancid, Dead Milkmen, Anderson Cooper.) The book got a little bit cheesy and unrealistic towards the end, but I was so consumed in the pages that I didn't even care. Other than the last chapter or so, the book is so honest and touching that it should be a staple in every teen's book shelf.

“You know what sucks about love?”“What?”“That it's so tied to the truth.”

Was this my favourite book from John Green? No. However, this was such a fun read and kept me entertained from start to finish.

There were moments of this book that I loved and then moments that I didn't. I loved the characters in this book and I think that's why I rated this as high as I did. Tiny was such a highlight for me and brought so much to this story.

This was a classic coming-of-age story. It made me feel that I had been transported back to high school. I truly felt like I was reading a story from teenagers and I loved that. I also loved that at the very core of this book, it was the love of friendship that won.

I felt like something was missing from this that would've made me give it five stars but overall, I enjoyed this!

It was a fun read overall. I was a little dubious about reading a John Green novel assuming that he was at least partially overhyped due to his YouTube followers, but the idea of running into your ???name doppelganger??? trumped my hesitation. I was surprised at how much I liked it; the characters were believable and the plot was interesting.

3,5 stars

This was entertaining. I certainly could not put the book down exactly as I predicted to happen. It was funny. It was cute. It was right, and it had touched me on many serious emotional levels that I am sort of ashamed to admit. I didn't like the way it was written much, though, and Will Grayson number two's obvious lack of usage of capital letters and proper punctuation made me wince...repeatedly.
The problem was that (1) I apparently misunderstood the plot when I read the summary so I kind of ended up with something completely different, and (2) I had too much hopes up.
It was good however, good enough for a book written by two people and who, therefore, have two different perspectives and envisionments. It was cute and funny, too. I even cried. (I apparently cry a lot over books recently).
However, this book has been written for today and the generation of today, and therefore cannot be classified as a literary work. I am not expecting it to be written in the 18th century England style of writing “and as the 11 o'clock bell began to toll, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of felicity! Who could have thought I would meet a guy possessing the same name as I do in this shabby old porn shop? What a mighty splendid coincidence!” But at least a Harry Potter level of literature. This is made for modern people who barely read and not as a decent work of literature.

This is a book I wasn't expecting to like. The authors are obviously very talented writers, this much is obvious from reading it. The plot is nothing that spectacular in my opinion. Still, I read the entire thing in one day. The book I read before this took over a week. Throughout the majority of the book I wanted to rate it 4/5, which I did end up rating it... but at the end I was contemplating rating it 3/5 just because of the ending. I mean don't get me wrong the book was still quite enjoyable, and my rating system is purely subjective. If I was rating it based purely on writing talent they'd probably get 4 or 5 stars out of 5.

I'd actually forgotten it was written by two authors when I started it, and then I got to chapter two and was thoroughly confused. For those who don't know: all the odd number chapters are written by Green (aka the Will who is friends with Tiny) and the even number ones by Levithan. Personally I think I preferred the parts written by John Green. (This was also the first book I've read by either author)

I think overall the book started good, the middle was bordering on great, and then I'm not entirely sure what happened to the end but I continued to read at the same pace that I'd read the rest, maybe in some kind of hope that it would get back to how it was. Also: my God was that a cheesy ending. Also also: I don't understand the purpose of all the different Will Graysons at the end.

The book follows the story of two high-school boys who just happen to have the same name – Will Grayson. One is a straight guy with a very gay friend named Tiny Cooper, who is currently producing a play about his life. The other is a moody and depressed gay teenager. The two Will's meet one fateful night accidentally in a porn shop and end up helping each other out while they struggle to find their identity. Each chapter is written by alternating authors, and each Will Grayson has their own unique style of writing.

\This book was an enjoyable read and had a few laugh-out-loud moments. The idea of two authors writing two perspectives actually works well, although the gay Will Grayson's lack of capitalization and constant string of curse words can get to be a bit much at times. The star of the book is the flamboyantly gay Tiny Cooper, who helps weave the two Will's together. There is a bit of discussion about gay issues, such as coming out and social acceptable, but the gay characters do nothing beyond kissing.

I have been on a bit of a spree of John Green books and happened to stumble upon this one. At first glace it took me awhile to buy and read it because I didn't know much about what it was about but gave it a shot in the dark and decided to read it.

This book is a breath of fresh air in its originality and the fact that the characters are slightly different than the other John Green novels. I dare someone to find a book to compare this to and to see if it was as good as this.

Sooo....Will Grayson, Will Grayson is about two different Will Grayson's who have no idea the other exists until they one day meet by accident at a porn shop! (yep you heard me right.). And their lives start to become intertwine and find a bond that cant be broken once they encounter each other. My favorite character would have to be Jane, just cause i fell for her just as well one of the will graysons did, and of course how could i not like Tiny?! Such a loveable character i think everyone could use him in their lives!(TINY COOPER, I APPRECIATE YOU!).

The only thing I disliked was the gloomy will grayson just because he always got on my nerves which every thing he does and couldn't make his mind up on a lot of things until the end. But I still enjoyed his parts in the book. The last thing is I wish the had an extra chapter to tell me what happened after everything! I wanted so much more from the ending but it is satisfying never the less.

so GO BY THIS BOOK! It will make you laugh out loud literally, sad and almost cry at the end. Its a great read!