Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Book Report

Decent Essays
The novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews is a fabulously relatable novel that I earnestly enjoyed reading. This book is entertaining, humorous, and has a unique plot. I rate this book 4.5/5 stars. Although most of the book was extremely engrossing, there were some parts in the novel that were very slow-paced and boring. For example, there are many sections of the novel that focus on backflashes to previous events in Greg’s life. I did enjoy this for the most part, but it lasted for long periods of time and started to become tedious. I loved the fact that Greg had to reach out to Rachel and reconnect with her. While at first it was only because of her leukemia, it became a real friendship, and this sweetness of the novel helped

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    In Odessa, Texas, only one thing matters. Not college, or politics, or work, but high school football. In the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, A Dream by H.G. Bissinger, the town of Odessa is placed under a microscope as the reader gets to experience the intersection of sport, race, and gender in a small Texas town. “Football stood at the very core of what the town was about, not on the outskirts, not on the periphery. It had nothing to do with entertainment and everything to do with how people felt about themselves.”…

    • 568 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I liked how the author gave the characters their personality. Like Tana she is an ordinary girl. She like to party, go out with her friends and more. Many weird things happen in her life. Aidan is a weird kid.…

    • 269 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Although the story didn't involve as much action as an usual murder mystery, the characters were quite adorable, not only because of the fact that they were sheep, but because of their quirky, humorous personalities. The plot did go a little bit slow, and there were interludes between clues, but when the plot developed, it built up suspense and excitement. The main characters were fully developed, and each have their own strengths and weaknesses. There were some parts that gave me a laugh, and I quite enjoyed the simplicity of the novel. I didn't feel like the ending was rushed, unlike other novels where the author seems to just get to the resolution as soon as possible.…

    • 1215 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Unbroken Book Report

    • 837 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Is the story of an Olympic runner, bombardier in WWII and a Pacific prisoner of war, Louis Zamperini. The book takes you from Louie’s birth, through his childhood and brilliant career as an Olympic track star, to his stories as a bombardier and a prisoner of war, along with his lengthy recovery at his home in California. Louis Silvie Zamperini was born in 1917 to Anthony and Louise, both who were Italian immigrants who called Torrance, California home. As a kid Louie suffered from pneumonia which in turn left him with damaged lungs and his physique petite. He would later grow very much as a teen and develop a bad attitude and a hunger for crime.…

    • 837 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Unwholly Book Report

    • 670 Words
    • 3 Pages

    “Unwholly” by Neal Shusterman this is the second book in the “Unwind” series. The series include Unwind, Unwholly, Unsouled, Undivided, Unbound, and Unstrung these books are science fiction. If you like to read books that are going to make you want to read more these are the kind of books you should read. The main characters in this story are Connor, Lev, Risa, Starkey, and Miracolina.…

    • 670 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The series of conversations that follow are some of the greatest scenes in cinema history. • Me, Earl and the Dying Girl taught me that relationships formed under stressful circumstances are not always doomed to fail. The friendship formed between Greg and Rachel was forced initially, but blossomed through Rachel’s hard times. Another reason this film spoke to me is because I relate to the character Greg as the person who flies under the radar in high school and makes films on the side. This relation helped me put myself in Greg’s position in the devastating and joyful parts of the…

    • 900 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In this book H.G. Bissinger tells the story of Odessa, a football obsessed Texas town, all the way back to its conception. In the book not only do we get a great picture of what the people of Odessa, and more specifically Permian High School are like, Bissinger does a great job of explaining the football obsession that plagues the town and the economic troubles and racial and political blunders that play into this town’s unhealthy lifestyle. This implied, and not straight to the point, unveiling of Odessa’s flaws gives the book a nice feel that Bissinger isn’t for or against the towns ways, he is only pointing them out to inform and instigate change.…

    • 524 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Unbroken Book Report

    • 1272 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an understatement of a WWII survival story. There are hundreds of horrific survival stories shared from brave veterans, choosing to relive the worst moments of their entire lives just so we can understand history. Unbroken, however, is on another scale of horrific. This book is about a man named Louis Zamperini, an Olympic track star from Southern California whose race to the gold medal was cut short by one of the worst war experiences ever told. His WWII story is spine tingling, inspiring, and downright depressing.…

    • 1272 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Do you Believe in Werewolves? Well, the people of 1600s Bamberg, Germany did. The Werewolf of Bamberg: A Hangman’s Daughter Tale is the fifth of the six, soon to be seven, books of the novel series A Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch. Potzsch gets his inspiration for the series from the history of his ancestors on his mother’s side.…

    • 1103 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Dead Until Dark “I’d been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar. Ever since vampires came out of the coffin two years ago, I’d hoped one would come to Bon Temps. We had all the other minorities in our little town, why not the newest, the legally recognized undead?” Dead Until Dark is a thrill intriguing book, that grasps your attention, and you cannot put the book down. Sookie Stackhouse, born and raised in Bon Temps, Louisiana.…

    • 1609 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Jessie’s Evolution Through Lying Lying is like a weight on someone’s shoulders. Jessie Keyser is a thirteen year old girl who has been lied to by adults. Ma, Jessie’s mom, told her that it was 1840, but that has been a lie. Ma told Jessie that it was 1996 and that Clifton, the village they live in, is a historical preserve.…

    • 236 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Overall, I did like this book. The story was nice with a more unique outcome than many other young adult books which I enjoyed. However, I didn't find it particularly engaging and couldn't get attached to any characters, including the…

    • 1282 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “The Book of Strange New Things” is first and foremost a love story. The love between lovers, god and his creations, a pastor and his flock and more importantly the love we have for our idealised selves. Michael Faber in his fourth novel weaves an unsettling look into what it means to be human, using the deepest corners of space as a backdrop to explore the maniacal longing inherent in every being. “The Book of Strange New Things” tells the story of Peter, a young christian chosen from a sea of like minded missionaries to preach the word of God to the indigenous inhabitants of the newly settled plant of Oasis. Upon leaving his wife fellow christian Beatrice and their cat Joshua on Earth, Peter takes the Jump to Oasis and soon begins to thrive on the strange and alien world.…

    • 527 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    With Greg’s insecurity leads to his self-absorption and it consequently ends up to ruining his two friendships, who he stops seeing for a short while. We learn at the end that time is too short to stay mad at each…

    • 1220 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Killer is the third in the series Pretty Little Liars. It was written by Sara Shepard, and was published by HarperTeen on June 30th, 2009. This book can be classified as a mystery, drama, crime-fiction, or suspense book. It contains a total of 321 nail-biting pages. This is the third book I have read in the series out of 16 in all.…

    • 1048 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays