Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Book 10 of my 2020 Reading Challenge

read from January 27 - 31

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by John Green & David Levithan

Summary (via the book jacket)

published 2010

It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Grayson find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.

My Opinion

4 stars

Even though I knew there were two Will Graysons it still took me a minute to realize that the chapters alternated between their points of view.  If I didn't know the premise of the book I would've been thoroughly confused; instead, I caught on after a few chapters and was only mildly confused in the beginning.

This book gave me an escape and was a reminder of all the best parts of reading. Even though the teens were too eloquent to be believed and Tiny was too good to be true at times, the dialogue was so quote-worthy that I was all in and loved the ride.  What made it a 4 star (still really, really good) read was that it was a bit too much in both directions - the drop at the end was sudden and ruined the "young love" buzz that was feeding my endorphins.  

Quote from the Book

"The English language has a long and storied history. And in all that time, no one has ever asked a "random question" about "epiphanies" for "no reason." "Random questions" are the least random of all questions."