So much better than The Fault in Our Stars because it's just more real. TFiOS was all about how cancer inexplicably makes normal teenagers sound like horrible Shakespearean actors. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, on the other hand, is just about how hard it is to watch a friend die. No star-crossed love, no emotional manipulation, Andrews just shows us how Greg grows through becoming friends with Rachel. He may have emphasized how different his book was a bit too much, but I still really appreciated and liked his new take on sick people.