Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
“To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer
fictional worlds to the real one.”
Fangirl
is a mix between Young Adult and New Adult; there are topics in the book which
are mainly in YA like parent issues, growing up, fangirling and having crushes.
There are also new adult topics like drinking problems, mental issues and
progressing relationships. I think Cath is a typical YA main character and Wren
is a typical New Adult main character.
Cath
and Wren are twins – I really like their names – Cath + Wren = Catherine. From
the start of novel their relationship is rocky because of their differences;
Cath wanting to stay in and not socialise and Wren wanting to party and get
drunk. Their relationship gets worse as their differences tear them apart until
they’re avoiding each other. Cath has to deal with being the less pretty and
geeky twin compared to her outgoing pretty sister. However that being said when
there is no drama their relationship is really close and they do have
similarities.
I
love the idea of this book being based on a girl who writes fanfiction. As a
reader you can be part of many fandoms and you can do a lot of things in
fandoms like reading fanfics, seeing fanart, obsessing about the characters,
fancasting and more. So the theme is relatable for many readers and it’s
interesting to see people’s views on what Cath does.
Reagan
has a moody/harsh personality and I’m surprised she’s not portrayed as a bully
in the book. There’s this awkwardness between Cath and Reagan when Cath starts
dating Levi but Reagan was a decent friend, she helped Cath meet new friends.
And compare her to Wren’s friend who’s a bimbo and portrayed negatively all
because she’s Wren’s new friend.
After
every chapter there was either a page from the Simon Snow series or fanfiction
from Wren and Cath or just Cath. The world of Simon Snow was interesting and I
liked the plotlines and relationships between the characters, even though you
can see the links between Simon Snow and Harry Potter. I also really liked how
it showed the differences between the real books and the fanfiction.
Though
in the book there was some predictable parts; like Nick’s character who was
introduced as a might be love interest and to get rid of that idea he had to do
something bad, the problems with her mother and sister and what Levi did before
they became a couple.
I
also liked Levi and Cath’s relationship; from him being the first person she
met at uni to him becoming a regular face she saw in her dorm room. As their
relationship progresses, it was really sweet with Cath reading her fanfiction
to Levi and helping him with his reading however their relationship was built
slowly so near the ending it was quite weird when everything started to go
really fast and rushed.
Cath
did grow in character a little bit; she met new people, co wrote stories, got
into a proper relationship and wrote fiction that wasn’t fanfiction. However too much time was spent on Cath just
writing fan fiction to the point in which when she actually tried writing her
piece for class it was all rushed and boring.
The
other things I liked was how her dad didn’t push her to make amends with her
mother, Levi and Cath’s fights practically nonexistent and Cath and Art’s
relationship.
★★★★☆
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