Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Alright you guys, since last week I may have torn apart Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, this week I'll be showing her some love in my review for this book. So Fangirl is about a girl named Cath who goes off to college and has to deal with this whole new experience, essentially without her twin sister. Cath has always been around her and with her sister, Wren, not wanting to be around her as much anymore she's having a hard time adjusting. Her roommate, Regan, helps, but with her friend, Levi, always around, it still isn't that much easier. Cath is also a huge Simon Snow fan, the equivalent to Harry Potter and she's finding that hard to let go.

Alright, basic plot line out of the way. I loved this book. I think everyone who reviewed this book did and there's a reason for that. This book caters to nerds' needs. I think every person who has or had a fandom that they were involved with will be able to relate to this book because we all lived or will live through this at one point. Really, I might as well be looking at a mirror while reading this book. But, again, I feel like everyone who is a huge reader or just has a fandom will love this book. Especially in this generation when we all have something, be it Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight, or The Hunger Games, there is something for everyone and if not, there will be something for everyone soon.

The characters in this book were so realistic, which I have to praise Rowell for again in this book. None of them are "bad" people, but they aren't all as pure as freshly fallen snow either. All of them have well developed personalities and, while their backstories aren't developed as well as I would have liked, I still think that we know enough about them to feel a connection.

The plot of this book wasn't anything spectacular, it is literally just Cath's first year at college and all of the struggles that go along with it. That being said, this book knows that. It knows that the plot isn't subtlety hinting at the meaning of life. It knows that the first year of college is important for that individual, not the whole world. And that's not to say that this book isn't interesting, it is HIGHLY entertaining to read. I read it in one sitting. It didn't end with the most obvious event ever, it extended just a tiny bit, which I appreciated.

I guess as far as negatives go there were a few plot tropes that this book fell victim to such as the two sisters being polar opposites. there being something going on back home, the main character coming to her own and having her shining moment, and there are some college settings that are just over used at this point. But all of these are very minor in the grand scheme of things and FOR ONCE, we get a genuinely good guy love interest with Levi.

So if you understand the fandom world, or at least see the interest in it, I think you will like this book a whole lot, you know, if you haven't read it already. It came out like two years ago. I'm just slightly late reviewing it. If you don't like the fandom world and think it's lame, which I don't blame you, the fandom life is defiantly not for everyone, you probably won't like this book. You'll probably think it's the saddest thing you've ever read. Or it is the cutest thing you've ever read. No in between. 5 out of 5 stars.