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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green, David Levithan
4.0

I cannot hide my love for John Green. Everything he does is perfection. His books are beautifully written and I constantly rewatch his youtube videos only to hear him say something wonderfully intelligent. Unfortunately, this love does not extend to David Leviathan. Try as I might I cannot get over his ee cumming's style of no capitalization whatsoever. His ideas and thoughts were good, and often times had me laughing, but I was so exasperated that I started to dislike the other Will Grayson. Or should I say, will grayson.

However the book is great. And I think it isn't about either Will Grayson at all. Rather the novel should be called Tiny Cooper, since he is the character that I fell in love with. That and he reminds me of my best friend if she were a giant gay man. Tiny was completely hysterical, and I want his musical to be a real musical my school can perform. After all Tiny becomes an important character to both Will Graysons. And since this is a typical YA novel and needs a moment when the character has a self realization to come out for the better, both focus around Tiny. He changes both Will's lives/personalities. All while making you smile. I just wish Tiny was a real person so badly.

Other than Tiny my favorite part was when John Green described theater people. "and then there were a lot of jazz hands." Always are, John. He understood theater people to a tee, like how we talk about random things, but must talk loud and more than the person before us. Because it's true. I laughed so hard, I had to put the book down.