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“I mean, you can know someone is dying on an intellectual level, but emotionally it hasn’t really hit you, and then when it does, that’s when you feel like sh**.”

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

May 14, 2019 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is typical Jesse Andrews. This style of writing is exactly like Haters (I read them in reverse). The nice thing is both are standalone titles. I read the paper edition but looked at the hardcover and movie cover editions and have to say, I like the bright yellow cover best. Then the hard cover as it makes the characters somewhat like I pictured them. However, the movie? Oh boy! I think they totally missed on what the characters […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Bereavement, Daily Living |, Death, Diseases, Emotions & Feelings, grief, Illnesses & Injuries, Jesse Andrews, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:166 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Bereavement, Daily Living |, Death, Diseases, Emotions & Feelings, grief, Illnesses & Injuries, Jesse Andrews, Social Themes ·
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