Shut up, Ezra. 
 The Beginning of Everything...reminded me of a John Green novel. But a worse version. It tries to be like a John Green novel; it tries so hard...but it fails so hard as well. 
 The Beginning of Everything is about a boy named Ezra, who was one of the popular kids in the beginning. But after an incident, he loses his popularity. Sound generic? That's because it is. 
 I'll admit, most contemporaries feel the same to me. This was no different. They all have something tragic happen. Why can't we just have a cheesy, fluffy, lovey contemporary? Then it'd be boring af but still. This book felt like a John Green book. Seriously. 
 Ezra. Cassidy. Charlotte. What's-his-face. Urgh. Just stop making girly girls, popular hot athletic dudes, and secretly hot outcasts! I could compare each of these characters to one of John Green's characters. 
 Ezra = Augustus, believe it our not. They have more similarities than you think they do. 
 Cassidy = Margo. This is pretty obvious, although Cassidy wasn't ever popular. 
 Charlotte = every single other bitchy character in John Green's books. 
 Ezra won't shut up, Cassidy is so generic and boring, and I just want to punch Charlotte in the face. 
 That's my thoughts on these characters. 
 I did like Phoebe and Toby though. The SASS, man. The sass! 
 The writing is gorgeous. It really is. I do have to say, this book beats John Green's writing. It really is beautiful and flows and all that good stuff you like to see in writing. 
 Final thoughts: great for any John Green lover, otherwise, if you want to read it, just check it out from the library. It's not that special. 
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