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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Green John
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson (edition 2012)

by Green John (Author)

Series: Will Grayson (1)

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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
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Title:Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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Info:PENGUIN (2012), Edition: 1, 344 pages
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green

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I struggled with rating this book. There were moments that were awesome but to me the majority of the book was just ok. I wish you could give half a star because this book was probably a 2.5 stars.

I picked up this book because I wanted to read another book by John Green. I had read "A Fault in Our Stars" and enjoyed it and heard amazing things about "Finding Alaska" and "Paper Towns". Those books were checked out so I thought I would give "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" a try.

This book was very different than what I thought. I had expected the story to focus on the Will Graysons meeting each other and their resulting friendship or whatever. I guess I thought it would be a type of "Prince and the Pauper" story, but really the two Will Graysons did not interact much they just were both pulled into Tiny Cooper's orbit.

Tiny Cooper was a problematic character for me. All of the characters in this book seemed like broad stroke caricatures more than well rounded people. Tiny worst of all. He came across as arrogant, selfish, and self-absorbed. I think the play attempted to show that he cared about his best friend Will and he remembered all the times Will stood up for him, but it was hard to find that redeeming because it was still all about Tiny. ( )
  emaurer | Nov 26, 2024 |
This book was witty and dripping with youthful sarcasm - it took me back to high school when everything sucked and everything else was awesome. I'm curious how two authors co-write a book, because this story is seemless and blends so well from Will Grayson to will grayson. The best part was the discussion between the two authors at the end of the book - OK, one of the best parts. The ending was a little unrealistic for me, but otherwise 4.5 stars of fabulousness. Read on one wonderful lazy Sunday. ( )
  jenbanks208 | Oct 18, 2024 |
A funny, modern book. Successfully encapsulates some of the gravity of teenage minds when they're dealing with big issues, in my opinion. A good balance of dark and light. ( )
  nclithing | Oct 8, 2024 |
Almost half way through the book Will Grayson meets another Will Grayson, same name very different characters. Green and Levithan each write one of the Grayson characters in alternating chapters. Font and style are different enough to keep them separated. The big character that weaves through the life of both Will's is Tiny, a very large, over the top gay personality. All three are finding out about themselves and determining their future. It all culminates in the production of a play written, directed and produced by Tiny. The ending is very dramatic. I had trouble with the first half of the book before the 2 Will's meet. Many of the characters were not really likable until they began to be forced to think about who they were and what they believed in. ( )
  Linda-C1 | Sep 26, 2024 |
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. ( )
  LynneQuan | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Romans over homoseksuelen kennen doorgaans een noodlottig einde. Er gaat iemand dood of er wordt iemand terminaal ziek. Dat moet een van de redenen zijn waarom homoboekhandels tegenwoordig veel porno verkopen om het hoofd boven water te houden, van de romans raken hun klanten depressief. Bij de jeugdroman Will Grayson, Will Grayson van de Amerikanen John Green en David Levithan is het totaal omgedraaid. Het boek is prachtig, met vaart en humor beschreven, alleen het einde is van zo’n suikerzoet Hollywoodgehalte dat het glazuur je van de tanden springt. Doodzonde. (En dan komt er ook nog een toegift: ‘We geven toe dat Gods liefde je nooit kan worden afgenomen, omdat je bent wie je bent doordat God je heeft gemaakt.’)
added by PGCM | editTzum, Coen Peppelenbosch (Mar 26, 2011)
 
John Green en David Levithan – Will Grayson, Will Grayson

dinsdag 11 januari 2011 om 17u00

Wie vreesde dat de laatste goeie roman over jongeren al was geschreven, moet Will Grayson, will grayson van het duo John Green-David Levithan maar eens lezen.

John Green en David Levithan – Will Grayson, will grayson
Uitgeverij: Lemniscaat
Aantal pagina’s: 277
Prijs: 16,95 euro
ISBN: 978-90-477-0327-3

Uitgeverij Lemniscaat houdt de vinger aan de pols van de betere Amerikaanse jongerenliteratuur. Bij bosjes worden recente Young Adult-romans vertaald. In deze actuele fictie krijg je niet zozeer 'probleemjongeren', maar wel stevige jongvolwassenen die evenzeer de greep op het leven verliezen als hun lot in eigen handen nemen.

De protagonisten zijn helemaal 'nu': well informed, opgegroeid in gebroken gezinnen, vroegrijp, en in die wirwar ook nog altijd op zoek naar de liefde die vriendschap heet (of andersom). De verhalen spelen zich af op school, in grootsteden, niet zelden hebben de levensechte personages megalomane projecten in hun hoofd.

Doordat veel scheppers van die jongerenpersonages zelf zijn opgegroeid met het internet, sms, msn, blogs, Facebook et cetera, worden communicatiemedia vlotjes in de verhalen geïntegreerd. Binnensboeks hoppen van het ene genre naar het andere is allang geen trend meer, het is bijna een must.

John Green en David Levithan zijn twee kleppers van de Amerikaanse Young Adult-school. Lemniscaat vertaalde een roman die ze samen schreven: Will Grayson/will grayson.

Dat samen knutselen aan jongerenverhalen is een betrekkelijk nieuw fenomeen. Uitgeverij Querido past het op een andere manier toe in haar reeks Slash-boeken, waarbij 'gevestigde auteurs' levensechte verhalen van jongeren optekenen, in samenspraak.

Bij Will Grayson/will grayson kozen Green en Levithan ervoor elk een personage met dezelfde naam uit te werken. In het ene hoofdstuk komt de ene Will Grayson (mét hoofdletters) aan het woord, in het andere doet de andere will grayson zijn verhaal (zonder hoofdletters). Tot ze - het klinkt geforceerd maar verloopt vrij natuurlijk - elkaar als bij toeval op een dag ontmoeten en hun levens verstrengeld raken.

Will Grayson 1 is een vrij normale adolescent: ietwat teruggetrokken, behoorlijk nuchter en onzeker, maar met het hart op de juiste plaats. Zijn identiteit wordt mede bepaald door zijn allerbeste vriend, Tiny Cooper: een onrustige, vitalistische en narcistische homo die 'out and proud' een musical over zichzelf en de liefde in elkaar bokst.

Will Grayson 2 is een ietwat geïsoleerde en zwartgallige jongeling. Hij zit als homo nog in de kast en kampt met een depressie. Zijn klankbord is de al even cynische Maura, die zich dan weer geen blijf weet met haar verliefdheid op haar homomaatje.
added by PGCM | editKnack, Annelies de Waele (Jan 11, 2011)
 
A wonderfully campy, sweet, romantic gesture in the spectacular style that readers have come to expect from these two YA masters.
added by khuggard | editVOYA
 
Two superstar authors pair up and really deliver the goods, dishing up a terrific high-energy tale of teen love, lust, intrigue, anger, pain, and friendship threaded with generous measures of comedy and savvy counsel.
added by khuggard | editBooklist, John Peters
 
...complete with honest language, interesting characters, and a heartfelt, gritty edge, this quirky yet down-to-earth collaboration by two master YA storytellers will keep readers turning pages.
added by khuggard | editSchool Library Journal, Diane P. Tuccillo
 

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Green, Johnprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Levithan, Davidmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Andrews, MacLeodNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fuenfhausen, ChristianCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Podehl, NickNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Tiny Cooper is not the world's gayest person, and he is not the world's largest person, but I believe he may be the world's largest person who is really, really gay, and also the the world's gayest person who is really, really large.
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There are probably some girls who don’t want guys to show up at their house randomly on a Tuesday night with questions about Edwin Schrodinger. I am sure such girls exist. But they don’t live at my house.
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Will Grayson, meet Will Grayson

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers cross paths. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, culminating in heroic turns-of-heart and the most epic musical ever to grace the high school stage.
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