Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

book 70 from 1000

ok. first of all, it was definitely much more realistic than “TFIOS” when it comes to people with cancer, and also teenagers. (and I liked how nobody fell in love with anybody and even when there was feelings, it was a “boner”. (no. you dont fall in love looking at someone.) that's what I'm talking about when I say much more realistic. (personally I loked “TFIOS” when I read it 4 years ago but I read some critical reviews about it recently and I found em logical.)
There was no miracle happening, it felt just so realistic and a lot of stuff went wrong just like in real life. the characters weren't philosophers and cancer didn't make anyone any smarter.

Greg (the protagonist) was well-written; I mean he kinda sucked but he was relatable sometimes and it wasn't hard to understand his feelings/decisions.

to be honest, I expected the book to be funnier from what I read in people's reviews. it didn't “crack me up” and honestly I don't even remember if I smiled reading it. (and I'm not 30, I'm still 17.) (it was still cool and I liked the style.)

anyways, it was intriguing for me and I finished it pretty fast given that English is my second language and I haven't read a lot in it.

in general, I didn't like it that much to give it 4 stars, but it was still fine so 3 it is.

oh, and it didn't feel like he was 17 for me, he seemed younger and so did the whole story.


«من و ارل و دختر در حال مردن» خیلی واقع‌بینانه‌تر از «نحسی ستارگان بخت ما» بود و بیمار سرطانی بیشتر شبیه به بيمار سرطانی و نوجوون بیشتر شبیه به نوجوون بود. هیچکس عاشق کسی نشد، هیچ معجزه‌ای اتفاق نیفتاد و خیلی چیزها درست مثل زندگی واقعی بد پیش رفت. شخصیت‌ها فیلسوف نبودن و سرطان هیچکس رو باهوش‌تر نکرد.
شخصیت اصلی گاهی خیلی رواعصاب بود ولی درک احساسات و تصمیماتش خیلی سخت نبود و خوب نوشته شده بود.
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