The Book.
This book was really weird. I would've never read it if I hadn't heard it was going to be turned into a movie. It was just laying around my room collecting dust. I feel like I didn't really gain much from the book. It's a fiction novel, and its very anticlimatic. The main character, Greg, bashes himself the entire book. The plot is not like one you would expect: a boy hanging out with his best friend who eventually ends up falling for the dying girl. And it's laid out from the beginning that that will not be happening. I read the book quickly. It's written as a story by high school senior Greg; it felt like he was trying to reach a certain word count with a lot of irrelevant fluff, weird stuff, and him constantly berating himself. I did't hate it though, oddly. It's really unusual, and I can tell the movie is going to be really weird (probably an independent film). I guess the main character is just learning how to be a better person throughout the book. He's really scared and boxed in, and his not-so-much of a friend, Earl, pushes him to be a better, more personable person.
After seeing the trailer for the movie I think I've discovered a rare instance in where the movie is better than the book. In the trailer for the movie there seems to be bigger events taking place than in the book (ie, Greg was dressed up in the movie for an event, there was no formal event in the book). Also the Dying Girl, Rachel, seems to have A LOT more personality in the movie, she was very dry in the book and parts including her were mostly awkward. The relationship between Greg and Earl in the movie is also a little different, Greg doesn't seems to acknowledge Earl as his friend until the end of the book. The trailer makes the movie seem a lot more fun than the book, I'll end up watching the movie sometime.
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