Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

I really liked this A LOT. I thought that it was a lot better than the other 2 John Green books I've read--Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines. I think I liked it about as much as David Levithan's other stuff. I thought the ending really went off the deep end, cheese wise, but since I liked everything up to then so much it was that offputting.

The story is about two teenagers in Chicago, both named Will Grayson. The story is told through both of their points of view in alternative chapters. The first Will Grayson is fairly affluent, straight but pretty reserved. His best friend is a ginormous gay man with a ginormous personality named Tiny Cooper that frequently overshadows Will in complicated ways. The second Will Grayson is not out yet gay man who is on medication for depression. He lives with his single mother, they don't have much money, and his dad is out of the picture for reasons never fully explained, but we assume he just left. The two of them meet through a weird coincidence in a porn store, and for a time their lives overlap.

I really liked the way that although romance was a big part of the book, we ultimately come to realize that it's not the main conflict in either boy's life. Straight Will's main issues are not with his girlfriend but with his best friend Tiny, and gay Will's main conflict is not with his boyfriend Tiny but with himself and his depression.