Will Grayson, Will Grayson in Around the World in 80 Books

Jan 02, 2016 Tanya rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-young-adult, 2016, challenge-2016-colapub

Interesting premise and some unbelievable circumstances, though the conflicts and personalities definitely have recognizable elements. In all, a mushy, feel good ending, but I did find myself a bit bored by Will Grayson and the Other Will Grayson (O.W.G.) and enjoyed the characters of Tiny Cooper and Jane and Maura much more. Recommend for teen young adults in high school, rather than the pre-teen set. Some funny dialog throughout, but overall, the books was one I liked, but didn't quite make it ...more

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Apr 02, 2014 Tammy AZ rated it it was ok

I wanted to like this book and kept hoping throughout that it would turn a corner and all come together, making the whole better than the sum of the parts. Didn't quite get there for me. ...more

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Apr 06, 2010 Erin (NY) rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, read-in-2010

This book was good, but nothing too spectacular in my opinion. From so many rave reviews that I read I was expecting a lot more from this book, but I was underwhelmed. One thing that I didn't like much was how little connection there were between WG's, I was expecting a lot more interaction between the two. ...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, lgbt, funny-ha-ha, contemporary

Hilarious, brilliant, and simply entertaining. A rare LGBT book for YA. My first experience reading both John Green and David Leviathan's book. And it's an awesome adventure, as long as you keep your mind open =) ...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Katy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, lgbt

I loved this book! I expected it to be good but it really exceeded my expectations. Great way to end 2010 in reading (assuming I don't read a whole lot in the next day!) ...more

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