Fangirl

Hello! Welcome to the Young Reader's Review! So most of us have started school or work and…it’s tough. Coming back to reality is always tough. But good thing there are books to help us go through this! This week I’m going to review a book again by Rainbow Rowell: Fangirl. Enjoy!

At some point in our lives, we have all been a bit obsessed over something. It doesn’t matter if it’s a book, a movie, series or even a person. At the end, deep down, we are all Fangirls and Fanboys which is why we can all relate to this book’s protagonist: Cather Avery.

Cath is what we could call a normal girl. She has a twin called Wren. Ever since Cath and Wren were small, they have been really close and were both big fans of this book series called Simon Snow written by a fictional author called Gemma T. Leslie. Cath and her sister contributed to this fandom by writing fanfictions about Simon, the main character, and his enemy, Baz. 

The problem is that, now Cath and Wren are both freshmans in college. Wren made it clear that she wants her distance from her family and goes to frat parties, gets drunk frequently, has lots of boyfriends… Cath is very different compared to her twin. She prefers to stay in her room writing stories late at night about Simon and Baz. She is shy and very introvert. She is an excellent student.

We can tell that it hurts Cath that Wren is a bit over Simon and Baz because Cath is still absolutely obsessed with it. Cath’s fanfiction is very big in this fandom’s world: it has sometimes more than 30 000 views! She even meets people with the name of her blog on a t-shirt. Incredible right?

Wren decides to share her room with a girl called Courtney, so Cath ends up with a wild and outgoing girl called Reagan. Reagan often invites a boy named Levi over so Cath sympathizes with him.

Cath, as you can tell, after having heard how many views her fanfiction gets, is a very good writer and takes writing courses. To perfection her writing, she pairs up with a boy in her fiction writing class called Nick. They meet every Tuesday night to write. Later in the story, we realize that Nick isn’t as nice as he seems…

If you write fanfiction, reading this book will make you realize that fanfiction can actually be very successful and that you are not alone. This book can even inspire you to write more.

Wren and Cath’s mom abandoned them when they were eight. Cath unlike Wren, doesn’t want to forgive her. Their dad has health issues and frequently has manic breakdowns. Cath even wants to stay with him to watch over him and because she hates college and wants to stop.  Her father tells her to stay one more semester and if she still is unhappy, she can stay.

Even though Cath’s family doesn’t seem perfect, she has everything needed to be happy and her father despite his issues, is very caring.

Cath reads out loud her fanfiction to Levi (The boy who Cath assumes is Reagan’s boyfriend) and sooner or later she falls in love with him.

Cath and Levi’s relationship is actually one of my favorite parts of the book. They complete each other so well, and their love is just so strong.

Cath thinks that she is not capable of inventing her own characters since she is used to writing fanfiction, but her professor says she has potential and says that she is fully capable of it.

The end is great and very nice and it finishes off in the perfect way even though not all things could be predicted.

So if you are a fangirl or a fanboy, this book will make you feel not alone and will even give you confidence. It motivates you to write, and to not be ashamed of who you are. If you are not a fan of really anything (which is highly improbable), reading this book will introduce you to a new, scary world. This book is also very well written. If you like Rainbow Rowell, don’t forget to go see my review on Eleanor and Park, a also very good book by her.

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