Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

                                             4 Stars

Now, I’ve had one or two obsessions in my life. 

Or maybe five.

Well, okay ten to be a little more accurate.

They were of course fandoms such as Buffy or Harry potter. I can’t say they were very healthy fandoms that made me jump out of bed and say, “Today’s going to be a fun day!” Because was it really going to be more fun than Harry’s day? Harry would be learning how to disappear and reappear, then cast some killer magic spells, while I just replayed my previous day over again.

I’m no longer apart of any fandoms but I can still associate towards those who do, especially Cath in Fangirl.

Cath never had her life planned out. She only ever plans what to write next on her fanfiction: Simon Snow. But after her twin sister manages to convince her to attend college, she finds herself unable to let go of Simon Snow and adjust to her new college life. As she juggles with difficulties of reality and holding onto her fantasy world of Simon Snow, Cath begins to realize you can’t always keep everything the same. 

“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.”

Cath isn’t shy. She’s more anti-social. She solely prefers investing her time in the world of Simon Snow, rather than striking up a chat with anyone. She’s witty, intelligent and awkward. I found her character very endearing at times but her stubbornness came off annoying, nonetheless she's still quite a relatable character in general. Her love interest is just – well you should just read it and see for yourself!

My overall problem with Fangirl is the fact it’s over 400 pages, but I’m incapable of summing up all the important events that ensued in the book, in more than one sentence, because there was an abundant amount of dialogue. Basically, for a 400 page book - It felt very short in terms of plot. Strangely, I also felt pretty empty in emotion when it ended, since I was on my kindle and flipped the last page, and I continued reading, before I became aware that I was reading the acknowledgement. The last chapter didn’t have that WOW effect for me. Good endings are supposed to create that reaction. My reaction was instead,“Wait, a minute was that the ending?”

I would highly suggest this as a read entirely based on the amusing, relatable, and likable characters. I extremely loved the characters.