Title: Fangirl
Author:
Rainbow Rowell
Summary: "Fangirl is a coming of age story about fanfiction and first love. It focuses on Cath, who has been a fan of Simon Snow books her entire life. When both Cath and her twin sister go to college, her sister begins to drift away from the fandom and from Cath, and Cath has to learn to exist outside her comfort zone." (Wikipedia)
Rating:
4.5/5
Review:
(Edit: this turned up being a lot longer than I intended but I had a
lot of thoughts, sorry not sorry)
First
off, I would like to say that I have spent a lot of time not wanting
to read this book. I heard about it not long after it was released
and, to be quite honest, I was a bit hesitant. It was the title, I'll
admit. Perhaps I should've given the book more of a chance (or even,
y'know, read the blurb) but the title made me wary of what role
fandom was going to play. I
assumed it was going to be really good or terribly cringe-worthing. I
favoured the later and decided to not pick it up.
But
boy, was I wrong in doing so. After it
seemed to explode earlier this year and I heard lors of good things,
I decided to give the book a second chance (or probably a first if
you considering how lame my 'first' one was). And you know what? I
absolutely adored it. This book is one of those books where you pick
it up intending to read a few chapters before bed, and the next thing
you know you're turning the last page and the sun is peaking up over
the horizon. And you're left sitting in your bed, trying to remember
who you are and not
quite wanting to let the characters go just yet. And I didn't. I
really wanted to know more about Cath's story and
everyone else but alas,
it had to come to an ending. And
now it's time for me to word vomit about my thoughts.
Okay,
so here's where I'm going to get into spoiler talk, so spare yourself
if you haven't read the book yet! Go read it
and then come back and
join the discussion :)
