3/5
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl is funny (well, as funny as a book on this topic can be), cleverly written, and realistic. It begins stating that there will be no deep or profound paragraphs on the meaning of life, and there actually weren't. But the novel accurately portrays exactly how (I believe) it would feel to have someone in your life lose to cancer, especially when that someone is only an acquaintance.
I finished the book in one day (it's short and captivating). Earl was my favorite character, keep an eye out for him! All of the characters were complete, well-developed, and realistic. Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl portrays a common real-life situation in a natural light; it makes you reflect without depressing you by keeping its writing casual and humorous. The novel is a major eye-opener, and I would recommend it for those that want a milder version of The Fault in Our Stars. Calling it a milder version of TFIOS makes it sound not as good as TFIOS, but that isn't necessarily true. The books are just different because they focus on different things. TFIOS goes more in depth and focuses more on being a cancer patient, while Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl focuses more on what it's like to have someone whom you didn't even know well disappear so quickly. It's about not knowing the person well, and that s/he didn't get to lead a great or meaningful life; I would say that's the whole point.
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