Book Review: Will Grayson Will Grayson

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Synopsis from Goodreads: "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 them legions of faithful fans."

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book was borderline between three and four stars. I really liked some aspects of it a lot. I liked how there were parallels, but not exact parallels, in both Will Grayson's lives before they met. I liked both of the main characters (both Will Grayson's), and depressed WG was hilarious! (when he wasn't so mopey). The relationship development between the first WG and Jane was good.

The only thing I didn't really like was I wasn't convinced depressed WG would really like flamboyant Tiny. I just didn't find that relationship development convincing. And Tiny was a little too much for me at times. I felt like the authors wanted me to love him much more than I did- like at the end.

The best part of the book though was the discussions on friendship and truth in relationships, and Tiny's relationship with the original Will Grayson. Here's a favorite passage (not sure I agree with it, but I like the idea of it):

"When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set and break up. You can plot the points on a graph. And you check up with each other along the way: Can I do this? If I say this, will you say it back? But with friendship, there's nothing like that. Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are."

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