When I first began this book, I wasn't sure I would finish. It was too accurately Teenage Boy, with their insistence on Shutting Up and Not Caring (when they obviously do, very much). However, Will Grayson, Will Grayson was saved by two words and one larger-than-life character: Tiny Cooper.

I LOVE Tiny Cooper. Yes, he has his flaws (class privilege, for one), but his kindness, his refusal to be anyone besides himself, his untiring work ethic, his love for his friends and the Wills.... WOW. Not to mention a fabulousness that could not be stopped, a force of nature in its own right. While the Wills slowly matured and learned, I reveled in Tiny Cooper. Best. Character. Ever.

I also delighted in the LGBT themes, in the epiphanies, in the outright, sheer strangeness and whackiness that this book reminded me high school is; how it's supposed to be an educational institutional, but really is a cluster of huge boxes stuffed with human beings trying to figure life out (and sometimes burning down the boxes). There was always a sense of quest, of tossing around ideas, of being young and experimenting. The authors were very conscious of their intended young adult audience, and I felt that, while this restricted adult enjoyment a little, I respected that to a Teenage Me, this book would open up whole new worlds of thought and experience. Overall, a very nice read and I'm definitely interested in picking up another.