Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.

Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both of them legions of faithful fans

Rating: 4.5 (Goodreads rating is 5)

In an epic turn of events, a book with John Green as an author has gotten something minusculey less than 5 stars! And even with the half star taken off, I absolutely loved this book. As with all John Green books, it was pure gold, just one little thing got to me. I'll talk about that later.

Now, for the first Will Grayson. He was awesome! He was smart and funny, and he always tried to be loyal to his friends, even with their differences. Now, obviously Will Grayson makes a few mistakes, all protagonists, antagonists, and characters in general do. But people do that! They make mistakes, they regret what they did, and they try to make it right. It is a cycle that goes through everyday life constantly, and yet people always act as though what Will Grayson did was so horrible. Actually, from Will Grayson's perspective, it was actually reasonable and a heat in the moment let out.

now for the second will grayson. he was poor, and a bit crude. he has different boundaries than the first will (which he calls o.w.g.) had, and therefore acted a bit more rashly and based on feeling than o.w.g. did. at the beginning of the book, he's in love with a boy named isaac over the internet. he's never seen isaac in person, but he goes down to meet him at a porn store in chicago. coincidentally, o.w.g. is there as well, but for different reasons. will grayson finds out that isaac does not in fact exist, and thereoff his adventure with tiny cooper begins.

Tiny Cooper was the main character in this book. The story was about his play, his character development, his relationship with will grayson and Will Grayson, and finding out what  he was meant to do. Tiny Cooper was adorable, although on several occasions I wanted to punch him in the face. He was big and needy and obsessed with himself. But such character development!! I loved it.

All in all, the story was a great coming of age story. (Also, one of the few books by John Green where someone didn't die/was believed to be dead) :D *whispers* thanks

xxAvalon