Greg Gaines tiene diecisiete años, un aspecto que deja mucho que desear y una coraza con la que se protege del mundo. Lo que mejor define su personalidad es una mirada autocrítica y una actitud sarcástica hacia los demás. Su único amigo es Earl Jackson, un chico bastante desabrido, malhablado y con una situación familiar difícil. Los jóvenes nihilistas comparten una pasión por los videojuegos y, sobre todo, por el cine y dedican gran parte de sus tiempo libre a hacer remakes de su películas favoritas. Todo cambia en la vida de Greg cuando su madre le obliga a visitar a Rachel, una chica con leucemia con la que el muchacho tiene un pasado común.

"It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks"

"One thing I've learned about people is that the easiest way to get them to like you is to shup up and let them do the talking"

"The best ideas are always the simplest"

"Rachel", continued Earl, who was now in Take-Control Mode, to my vast relief, because when Earl takes control, good things happen. "We came over here to wish you well and cheer you up. So let's go walk around and get ice cream or something". Holy shit, this was such a good idea. I told you Earl always has the best ideas.

"And obviously I'm colosal jackass, but it was also Rachel who put me in that stupid position, by giving up on her entire life and leaving everybody else pretend that it wasn't happening"

"What you don't understand is, it's hard when your children start to grow up", siad Mom, and all of a sudden she was crying again, way harder than before, and I had to comfort her".

Besos,