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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews

Start date: July 1, 2015

Finish date: July 31, 2015

Discussion: Stand Alone

Why we're reading this: It won the poll for the stand alone BOTM
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Jun 10, 2016 Naomi rated it liked it

I don't know. I had high expectations because I had seen this book around and people talked a lot about it but I didn't really like it. I never really got into the story or felt attached to the characters. Rachel is one of the main characters and I felt like we really never got to know her and she was used more like a prop than a person. I didn't mind the fragmented and weird format but I also don't think it added anything to it. I think mostly I just didn't care that much about what happened to ...more

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May 03, 2016 Donna rated it liked it

I didn't like the style. It broke the fourth wall a lot, and the characters weren't people I think I would like. Probably too realistic. I want my characters a bit more heroic. ...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Sherry Rampey rated it liked it

Perhaps it was the dry sense and crude humor that turned me off from this book, but it just was not my cup of tea. I don't see too many guys trying to make terrible movies, especially ones about someone dying from cancer. However, that being said it was a unique point of view, and it wasn't a tearjerker, sappy, book. It was more of a "this is cancer, yeah people die from it, but you gotta make the most of it" type book. Read if you like to laugh and enjoy dry humor. ...more

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