I've never, thus far, read a John Green novel, but I do believe this is THE author I've heard the most (positive) hype over lately, especially in the blogs and YouTube videos I frequent. It seems that nearly everyone not only loves John Green but they also have extraordinarily strong opinions about his work. Never before have I seen the word "awesome" tied so much to one person. So, I admit it -- I was curious. 
 Now, perhaps it's not entirely fair to make my first John Green attempt a collaborative effort, but WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON did happen to be the first Green novel I was able to conveniently locate. And, we all know how we book bloggers can tend to have a low threshold when it comes to the degree to which we will patiently await the obtainment of a new novel. I caved with this one, and I'm excited to say, enthusiastically, that I was definitely not disappointed. 
 I must admit, the description on the back of the book just sounded plain weird the first time I read it. The story is this: two completely different guys named Will Grayson happen to meet up, accidentally, in a porn shop (of all places) and their lives intersect in such a manner that both of them are essentially changed forever. Oh. Okay. Right? 
 Let's take a step back and go into these characters a bit. Will Grayson #1, differentiated by capital letters on both his first and last name (written by John Green), lives his life primarily by following two important rules: don't care... and shut up. He feels that if he could only stay a little distant and keep a little quiet he could overcome all obstacles that plague his high school existence. WG#1 is mostly seen through his relationships with two particular individuals: Jane, the maybe-straight-maybe-gay girl on whom he is currently, possibly crushing.... and Tiny, a guy who "is not the world's gayest person" and "not the world's largest person" but who is quite likely "the world's largest person who is really, really gay, and also the world's gayest person who is really, really large". Tiny is WG#1's best-friend-for life, although he's constantly falling in love (for mere hours at a time) and leaving WG#1 behind in the dust. 
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