"Will Grayson, Will Grayson", Fabulousness, and Nerdfighters

Me failing Nerdfighter salute.

At 4 a.m. in the morning I started reading "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan. I read all 310 pages until about 10 a.m. First, I found the book watching John Green's YouTube channel, vlogbrothers. This channel is John and his brother, Hank, making videos back and forth to each other. It is a wonderful channel, and shows how cool being a nerd is! Seriously, I love John Green, he's a fantastic author and he's smart, he basically agrees with me! Why is being a nerd an insult? "Saying someone is a nerd is like saying: Hey I notice you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than vapid, and believe there are things more important than the arrest record of Lindsey Lohan? Why is that?" So, yes, not only John Green is a great author, but he's funny, witty, and smart! He proceeds to say some Shakespearean insults. And his brother Hank is amazing, so check out John and Hank at http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers!

Anyway, I'm rambling, onto "Will Grayson, Will Grayson". The book is a collaborative effort by John Green (Author of "Looking For Alaska", "An Abundance of Katherines", and "Paper Towns") and David Levithan (Author of "Boy Meets Boy", "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist", and "Wide Awake"). John writes the odd numbered chapters, and David writes the even numbered chapters.
 The book is about Will Grayson and Will Grayson. They are two teens in their year.
One Will Grayson lives in Evanston, near Chicago. His best friend is the fabulously gay Tiny Cooper. Will has two rules: 1. Never care too much, and 2. Shut up. The other Will Grayson lives in Naperville. The other Will Grayson is a depressed teen, with no "true friends" besides Isaac, a friend he's met on the internet. The other Will Grayson is gay, and he loves Isaac.

Later in the book, Will Grayson and Will Grayson meet in a porn store (Don't worry, nothing too explicit in it). The Naperville Will Grayson becomes devastated, and Evanston Will comforts him, and eventually the massive Tiny Cooper meets Naperville Will, and comforts him, and the two bond.

In the book you'll learn that Tiny Cooper is a key player in the Gay-Straight Alliance in Evanston, and Tiny Cooper is preparing a musical that tells his story, Tiny Dancer. The musical is fantastic, and it gets funding. In the end the musical is a success, and I want to have it on an album, because the lyrics were fantastic. But the book isn't just about the musical. It's about the change of both Will Grayson and Will Grayson, and the lessons the learn, where they learn more about friendship, love, and themselves.

Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was my favorite book, but after reading "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" I'm not so sure. I think the two books are in a coliseum, in loincloths, fighting to the death to win my favoritism.

"Will Grayson, Will Grayson" is a book for adults, because it really makes you feel for the characters, I felt bad for the Will Graysons, I laughed, I even felt angry for some characters. And the fact the book puts homosexuals in a good light is awesome too. I recommend this book to anyone, it's funny, sad, and fun to read, I even found myself singing along out loud to the lyrics of Tiny Cooper's play, despite not hearing anything! It's books like this one that make me want to open Google Documents and spend hours writing, which exactly what I'm going to do.

One of my favorite parts of the book isn't even the story, I love the acknowledgments.

"We acknowledge that nerdfighters are made of awesome."

I have "Paper Towns", "Looking for Alaska", "An Abundance of Katherines", "Boy Meets Boy", and "Wide Awake" in my Amazon shopping cart, and I must go get my mother or father's credit card. I can't wait to tell my honors English class about John Green and his books and how great they are!

GO NERDFIGHTERS!

P.S. I also finished "Lowboy" if anyone was curious. It was a good book, but a little confusing toward the end, so I'm debating whether or not if it's worth writing a review on it.