![]() There is so much I can go on and on about this book, my head is bursting with so much info, but I will sum up by saying that even with a rough start I’m happy that I ended up loving this book. These issues weren’t actually discussed, but the biggest issue was how Cath and her twin sister Wren were affected by being abandon by their mom. There was so much more to this book than I expected, it touched on a few issues, such as mental illness, and abandonment issues, and how those issues can lead to other issues, such as addiction and anxiety. I got that right away and I soon started to love the story within a story parts of the book, especially Cath’s Simon and Baz stuff. I liked the art imitating life, imitating art thing going on in the story, with The Simon Snow series stuff. So there you go, another reason for me to appreciate this book. At first I was a little bored with the Simon Snow stuff and Cath was too anxious and I guess since I’m a bit anxious myself it was throwing me off. I liked the banter in the book and wished there was more of that. ![]() It had some great personalities, my favorites were Levi, and Reagan. It was a very cute and compelling concept that made me think and laugh. This book gave me a lot of laughs surprisingly, Cath and the rest of the amazing cast were snarky and a little bit quirky.įangirl is a smartly written coming of age story about a girl dealing with abandonment issues, co-dependency and social anxiety. And from then on the book took a turning point for me. When I finally thought to myself that I probably wasn’t going to like this book much, I turned the page and read about halfway down I actually laughed out loud. It started a bit slow for me, I wasn’t bored reading it, but I wasn’t excited either. I’ll start out by saying that I really did enjoy Fangirl, although it did take me a while to get there. “Why did it took you so long”? No good answer for that, just glad I’ve finally read it. Well another book I took forever to read and I have to ask myself that same question again. And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.įor 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? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?Ī New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 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. ![]() Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.Ĭath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. 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. 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. In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan.
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