Published: May 10th 2012, Penguin Books Ltd
Genre: Young Adult
Pages: 308
4.5 STARS
The Plot:
"Will Grayson meets Will Grayson. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers are about to cross paths. From that moment on, their world will collide and lives intertwine. 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 Graysons 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." - Goodreads
Review:
This book follows two guys both with the name Will Grayson but each living entirely different lives. My favourite WG was most definitely David Levithan's one, he was funny, honest and a complete breath of fresh air as he just told it like it is, often rather humorously at that!
John Green's WG on the other hand seemed a bit too similar to all the other male characters he's written in the past. Don't get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy John Green's books, but I just feel like he's recycling similar characters over and over again and it is getting a little tiresome. However, I did throughly enjoy this book. I loved the alternating chapters from the different authors and how it wasn't disruptive at all. John Green and David Levithan complemented each other really well and I loved the contrast between how different they were, and how two people from entirely different worlds can come together and unite.
I did enjoy the flamboyantly gay character Tiny, who is really the main component as he ties both of the Will's together, appearing as JG's WGs best friend and DL's WGs short time boyfriend. The entire story has a really strong theme of the importance of friendship and appreciating those who are there for you, which is an extremely valuable lesson to learn in life.
Overall, I found this book to be both incredibly entertaining and enjoyable and I would highly recommend it to those who enjoy either David Levithan or John Green books.
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