SOME SPOILERS BELOW!
So i literally just finished this book and i'm wordless, i have no idea how to review it. Was it a story? I mean really very little happens, there is a fabulous musical, some concerts, some teenage angst and some hilariously funny moments but there's no big oh my god moments. Its like spending a few hours talking to your overly camp and very depressed friends.
The two Wills are polar opposites, whilst Will 1, non gay Will is fairly ordinary and boring to read, Will 2 is interesting, clearly broken, intriguing to read. Tiny Cooper is like Elton John on Red Bull and MDMA, there's a lot of life in him, he lights the whole novel. Jane is mildly interesting, a fairly good match for Will 1.
The narration flips between the two Wills but for Will 1's chapters Tiny is casting the bigger shadow (literally) you can clearly tell its John Green writing Will 1, its akin to The Fault in our Stars, minus the awful tragedy, obviously, whereas David Leuithan is a new writer for me so his prose, was refreshing, dark and funny at the same time.
The story is definitely strange, like i said there isn't much that really happens when you think about it but whilst your reading it and its happening you kind of get dragged along the roller-coaster with them all.
My biggest praise for this one is the end, it was genuinely lovely, Tiny though exerting over the top confidence in himself throughout was clearly struggling with self esteem issues so to see him be accepted at the end, in the most amazing way, was brilliant.
Its a three star for me! I liked it, i didn't love it but i loved parts of it.
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