Saturday, July 6, 2013

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

This is rather an interesting book. The reason I decided to read this book was because of John Green. I had previously read The Fault of Our Stars (I recommend), a book that was worthy of my tissue box which had encouraged me to read Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

This book took me a bit by surprise. It is basically about two people named Will Grayson, same age, same state, different lives. The Will Grayson that writes like a human (uses Standard English Conventions) happens to have the biggest (physically) gay best friend in the world. That is one of the main reasons why I found the book interesting. It revolves around love between the same sex. It's not often you come across a book that portrays being gay the same as being straight.

The book deals with the difficulties of being gay. There are occurences where there isn't anyone like you, so you turn to the internet for love. Sometimes you find it, sometimes you don't. Sometimes it happens to be your "friend" pretending to be a non existing human who you happen to like. Sometimes you can meet the love of your life in front of a porn shop.

This book shows that love can exist anywhere, everywhere, with whomever. It is a book that I have not finished but a book that I like. So I suggest this book to those who are into characters who write funky (Will Grayson) and characters who write like humans (Will Grayson). Just kidding. I think that anyone who is looking for a little love, laughter, and a bit of hope can find it in Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

-Mary

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