 Hi, welcome to another episode of tuner it's talking. I'm Liam and I'm Magnus and this time We're trying out a new format that will probably keep for the rest of our videos We're like we do a spoilers free commentary section in the beginning and at the end We have a section with spoilers in it where we like to discuss the ending of the book and stuff for those who have already Read it or who just don't really care. Yes, and today We're talking about me and Earl and the dying girl by Jess Andrews It came out in 2012 and it's very apparent that it came out in 2012 The story follows this guy named Greg and his friend that make movies Eventually making a movie for a girl from Kimia. He's dying of it. That's the title It's a it's pretty depressing book. Yeah, but it's still funny. Yeah, it is it is still funny How did you feel about the sense of comedy in it? Um, I thought it was funny I thought it was very There's also a lot of segments that are in list format. There's just there's a lot of interesting like messing around with words and like formatting and I Think it's really creative and I like it and it definitely feels like like some teenage boys scatterbrained Attempts to write a book. Yeah, it's a very playful weird book and I think Like for the style of dialogue that it's going for It can be kind of grating because it's like what a teenager would be going through like conversations with like parents and friends and stuff So it's kind of nicer to read it in a script format because it's a little bit more like, you know, it's easier to read Yeah, there's less words more detached. Yeah, that's where it attached. Oh, and I don't know if we forgot to mention this yet or not But it's set in high school. It's both it's all of their senior year actually all the three main characters And I think that plays like an important role in the story Like it wouldn't really work if they were in like middle school or like a different year of high school I think it's very important Yeah, and it is definitely very much about I feel like transition and so the fact that's their last year It's it's it works. Yeah, obviously. Yeah, and they talked about like college and stuff and I think it portrays like That feeling of being someone who like it makes casual little movies with your friends as we do I think it portrays that super realistically like I read parts of it I was like, wow, this is like so relatable. Like I've literally experienced this before like when He like mentioned his movies to someone and they were like Oh, you should like submit those to a college and go to like film school with your little films And it's like my movies aren't that good, you know, they're just for fun So would you recommend this book to anyone and like what's your rating out of 10? My rating it probably like I saw it's seven out of ten It can kind of feel like it's repeating itself and how much it says that Greg is insecure and then he hates himself but that's sort of a minor annoyance if you're reading it because it is so fun and playful and There is so much other interesting stuff going on in the story that that doesn't interfere too much, but it can't get annoying I probably give it Yeah, like like a six or seven. I totally agree that the self-deprecating nature of a lot of the humor 2012 Can be a little tiresome like he says stuff like he's genuinely like why are you reading this stupid book? Like stop reading this stupid book like it's so dumb and stupid like I'm reading the book man Come on like be a little appreciative. It's like the it's like that level of self-deprecation It's a little like ungrateful, which I guess is true a teenage boy experience But still it definitely can be kind of annoying to read, but it's still good Um, I think we've talked enough about the main character Greg I think we should talk about the two other titular characters Earl and the dying girl What were your thoughts on them? Did you like them? Did you like them more than Greg? Which one of them I definitely like as as like a person forming an opinion on Greg even though he's fake as a person I like Earl and Rachel Moore. Yeah, but I definitely think Greg You know works better as the center of the story just because Earl and Rachel even though Rachel has leukemia obviously they both have their life together Yeah, and that's how they play off Greg because Greg does not yeah, and Greg has a lot of issues and All right internal issues and Rachel and Earl both have more external issues, right? And you could obviously make a movie about them, but you'd have to change the whole story Yeah, the narration probably would be is like just like depthy and interesting. Yeah, but yeah, I think as characters Just thinking of them as such I really like Earl the most. He's so interesting and weird and Funny I kind of prefer his sense of humor over Greg's. I don't know what that says about me, but I love Earl He's like so weird and silly and I just like I want to hop inside his mind and see what's going on in there No, he's definitely like the best character on the book I think and I do love how he's like a he's like the straight man to Greg's like self-deprecating Insanity constant self-hate, okay So we are going to talk about Rachel, but we're going to put that in the spoiler section, which will be starting right now just Pre-readers and risky kids can watch this section Yeah, I want any spoilers scroll We're gonna be exploring the whole book just read it first and then come back and watch it go check it out from the library Come on. Yeah, okay spoiler section spoiler section Rachel's character. She dies I will say the plot of the book is pretty predictable It's like yeah, they're in high school. He's kind of a Weird little guy. It all turns out pretty much exactly how you expect it to turn out by the end But it's still pretty good and it has a lot of good little moments along the way like the fun moment the fun moment Oh my god. That was like my favorite part of the whole moment is hilarious Oh my god. Yeah, good a quick synopsis if you forgot or if you are being risky and haven't read the book Earl and Greg are best friends with this teacher and he's like kind of crazy Yeah, he's a weird teacher and he has this Thermos full of fuh that he calls the Oracle that is just in his office And they asked to try it one day and he says no and he leaves the room He's like really adamant about it. Mm-hmm, and then once He leaves they go and try it and then they end up stoned out of their minds And we love to talk about this. Okay, they end up there was drugs There was drugs in there were drugs. They are on drugs in my life 30 pages and it's a delight. It is a life Very funny scene Greg is a mess Greg is a total mess and he has to go and talk to Rachel Who is yeah, we dying of leukemia. So she's a little depressing. Yeah, it is it is pretty rough So Greg and Rachel's relationship is kind of Strange. Yeah. Yeah, everyone at school thinks they're dating because they're a guy and girl that are friends But really they're just friends. Yeah. Yeah, they're just buddies and it's like really complicated because she's dying So, you know, they don't really know how much they can get done with their friendship And like how much they can actually do so it's still kind of like Standoffish the whole time, you know because they see no point in it But it's it's like interesting, but I love that it's not like saccharine, you know, it's very real With the way that his character is he's very selfish in a way That's so true to being a teenager and just being like a human being You know, I think everyone is a lot more selfish than I like to admit But he's very truthful and I think the whole book is a really truthful depiction of being in high school and experiencing a tragedy and how people react to that, you know Yeah, and I thought it was great and usually with that stuff. It's like way too sappy and just like Yeah, just way too like saccharine and I hate it, but this one was really well done. It didn't overdo it It was if anything not sweet enough, but yeah, I thought it was really well done Another thing about the style that I really loved was how you can tell that this guy just has a lot more experience writing movie Scripts because there's so many great callbacks within it It's like watch it's like binge watching a bunch of episodes of Full House like the the callbacks are so good Like in the earlier part of the book When the fuffings have buffing happens their teacher recommends them a restaurant and the book ends with them going to that restaurant And I just love all of that stuff. It makes it really enjoyable to read. Yeah, I Enjoyed that there was a lack of romance between him and Rachel Usually I feel like most romances and stuff are so forced, you know, it's like this doesn't need to be here but that was Like there wasn't actually much of that at all and I thought that was really nice, but I feel like the way that his whole arc revolves around like The death of Rachel mostly it's like, I don't know it just felt kind of weird like She's just like a prop in the story. I wish that they had talked more about her But I guess that wouldn't be true to life because it's based off of just Andrew's like actual life experiences I don't know. Yeah, it does. I feel like It was not a conscious choice, but it does Feel at some points and after thinking about it that like Rachel died to serve this random white teenagers Like I feel like it denies that in the book and then actively does that, you know I feel like he does a lot of that like Self-aware like, you know stating issues with the book But he misses a lot and he says stuff and then still does it, you know Yeah, it's like when someone's like, oh like I don't like to say mean stuff But and then they say something mean like they're still saying something mean He's constantly lampshading and that's cause that's yeah, and that's true to a teenage boy But again when you're reading a book. That's just his stream of consciousness and his like Thought process gets annoying. Oh, yeah Thanks for watching our video. Go research some alien vomit. We'll see you next time Bye and check out the book from the library. Check out the book from any Long Beach public library in your area Check it out. 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