Baba's Reviews > Will Grayson, Will Grayson

'Tiny' is literally the Big Man On Campus at his high school, more so because of his sports jock role, his very big boned body structure and his uncompromisingly loud gay lifestyle; his best friend, usually in crumpled attire is Will Grayson who's just going through life trying to tick all the right boxes, but also at times beseeching 'Tiny' to turn it down a bit. A stretch of coincidences leads Will Grayson to meet another Will Grayson(!), an in the closet high schooler who has only come out to himself so far, but is looking to date.

These two mammoth selling Young Adult writers collaboration on the front of it is risqué, comedic, dramatic (literally!) and heartwarming... can feel my 'but' coming? But... sometimes collaborations work really well, so that you can't tell who wrote what and it's all just beautifully continuous. On this occasion despite the book being a marvellous read on friendship (which in itself is daring with such strong LGBT characters and themes, to not really be about LGBT issues... and something that I really applaud), none of the voices held true for me. Now, being in my fifth decade I know this book wasn't written for me, so I would suggest you take my views in that context. On the other hand, I see no reason why this wouldn't be a very much enjoyed by its primary target audience :) 7 out of 12