Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Author:  Jesse Andrews

Page count: 295

Published:  March 2012

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Genre: YA

Received:  Local Library

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  3/5

Summary:

Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics.

Until Greg’s mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel.

Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia—-cue extreme adolescent awkwardness—-but a parental mandate has been issued and must be obeyed. When Rachel stops treatment, Greg and Earl decide the thing to do is to make a film for her, which turns into the Worst Film Ever Made and becomes a turning point in each of their lives.

And all at once Greg must abandon invisibility and stand in the spotlight

My Thoughts:
I first saw the movie on Netflix and then decided that I would give the book a shot.

This was light hearted and funny. Its not like other books that have cancer in it that make you want to sob like a new born.

I liked that the main focus of the book wasn’t cancer. It was about Greg  and his film making with  his sarcasm and humor.

I didn’t feel the same way I did watching the movie. I felt more of a connection reading the book, I don’t know if that’s just me or other people feel the same way.

All an all I feel like this is a great book and you should all check it out if your looking for a light hearted read that deals with cancer,  I think that Andrews did an amazing job with.  He wrote a book about cancer and it doesn’t always have to be serious all the time.