Author: Rainbow Rowell
Genre: Contemporary (young adult)
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date: September 10th, 2013
Cath is a Simon Snow fan.
Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...
But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?
Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?
And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?
I really enjoyed this book. Why has it taken me so long to be able to say that? Well...because this is the first time that I've read it. *hides face behind hands*
I read Eleanor & Park over a year ago, and I absolutely loved it. I loved everything, the characters, the plot, the writing style, everything. So I went and picked up Fangirl, expecting to read it very soon. And then a month passed. And another, and another. Pretty soon, it became a year, and I still hadn't read it. I finally sat down and told myself I was going to read it this month, and it was amazing. I loved the writing style (obviously - who doesn't love Rainbow Rowell's writing?) the characters, the plot, the storyline, the fanfiction - you name it, I loved it.
Fangirl is a very cute, realistic contemporary. It has very sweet, loving moments, and very stress-filled, difficult moments. It follows a teenage girl in college, and I am so glad that Rainbow kept not only the cute boy and falling in love elements, but also the finals stress, the difficulties of doing everything and how stressful life, and school, can be.
Fangirl was written in a very beautiful style. All of Rainbow's books are. They're sweet and funny and cute and just filled with so many lovable characters, that I would do anything to be able to just jump into one and stay there forever.
Overall - ★★★★☆
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