I thought this book was absolutely fantastic. Not only did it resolutely avoid the conventions of the stereotypical cancer book, it was literally laugh-out-loud, tears-in-your-eyes funny. It's hard to avoid comparing it to John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, of course. Both have significant strengt...
It's as good and funny as everyone said it would be, and not as flippant as they implied, and that's a good thing, too. It makes the humor even better/realer.
Greg isn't awesome, he isn't swoon-worthy, this is not one of those books. Greg is a high-school senior just trying to keep his head down and get through this last year. He and his best friend Earl bonded years ago over video games, a bond that morphed into film making in the most half-assed way ima...
I don't mean to sound so cold-hearted when I say this, but I normally hate "cancer books". Or illness and dying books in general. They're so hung up on leaving the reader with a beautiful message about life and/or death, so intent on making you cry and showing how a person can gain a new outlook on ...
I think I love Jesse Andrews a little more after finishing this book. It's been a while since I've read a book that made me laugh, cringe, and maybe a little sad at the same time. Yet the experience of reading "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" was a rather new one for me. Why? Because it manages ...
Wow. I didn't intend to read this one tonight but I started and realized it was impossible to put down. There's so many ways this book could go wrong, but it manages to stay on the tracks (train metaphor!) without crashing into a mountain (plane metaphor!). Basically, this book is HILARIOUS and gruf...
If I had to describe Me and Earl and the Dying Girl in 22 words, they would be: Adaptation meets the teen version of Larry and Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm with a dash of Troy and Abed from Community. Basically, I loved the hell out of this book. Jo, the girl with the old coat and saucy new dress,...
To be honest, I wasn’t really interested in picking up this book at first until I found out that it was set in my hometown and that the author did grow up here. And I’m a sucker for books/media set here. (See my utter fangirling of Perks of Being a Wallflower.) Support local talent!I did like this, ...
[based on a review copy from Netgalley]Review originally posted here: http://irisonbooks.com/2012/04/06/me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl-by-jesse-andrews/Honestly, it was the cover that made me request this book from Netgalley. It looks fun and quirky with its self-made cardboard cut-out look. And tha...
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