‘Before reading I was sceptical about this book, as I didn’t understand how anyone could make a book involving cancer funny, but somehow, Jesse Andrews has done it’
Me and Earl and The Dying Girl is written from the perspective of Greg Gaines an awkward high school senior who is not part of any social group with no ‘friends’ but a ‘co-worker’ Earl, who he makes film parodies with. This book is where Greg documents what happened to him during his senior year when his mother forces him to socialise with his sort-of ex-girlfriend Rachel, who has just been diagnosed with leukaemia. Greg and Rachel form a friendship as Greg tries desperately not to get attached to ‘the dying girl’.
This was probably the funniest book I’ve ever read. Greg’s self deprecating narrative was extremely cynical and utterly hilarious and along with Earl’s epic lines of wisdom, it made for a laugh out loud book. Before reading, I was sceptical about this book as I didn’t understand how anyone could make a book involving cancer funny but somehow, Jesse Andrews has done it.
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