i remembering judging fangirl, which i first read as fanggirl, by it's cover. the color and the cute illustration made me think i should read. however, the fan in fangirl reminded me of fan fiction (and it suppose to do just that!), and i was like i'm not going to read fan fiction book.
what changed my mind is that rainbow rowell will be at bookcon and discussing fangirl, so i decided to read it.
i was surprised by how much i actually enjoyed this, even though it was cheesy at times!
cather is the fangirl at the center of this story, and all of the ups and downs of her first year of college. the first challenge for cather was finding her own identity sans her twin sister, wren. (yes, their mom took catherine and made it into two names, i have to admit i like cather like willa). wren was the hotter and more assertive twin and due to this became the party animal. there was some alcohol issues that arose and the sisters grew apart but wren gets her shit together and they make up in the end. i have to add that reading about cather's first year and how she judged her sister made me realize what a mess i was my college years but hey i got good grasses and always made it to class. i found a good balance between my partying and studying!
cather also had to deal with family stuff. their dad was crazy, i mean i read about his idea for a firemen's pole and was like what the heck is wrong with him. and of course there was an issue. but that got resolved. also the girls' mother left when they were young and had to work through all that. i understood cather's hatred of her mother, i never hated my dad but i did want nothing to do with him when he started to reach out to me.
of course, there are boys!! i for once knew that nick was going to be a cheat! i mean there was foreshadowing but i still want to feel smart about it.
cather's boyfriend, levi, was so sweet but i mean do college boys like him exist?!?! maybe i just went after the wrong type of guy. lol. i will say the whole roommate's ex things was weird and i would have never done that in college. it was also funny to read about cather dealing with her sexual desires and just wanting to touch him. i was not that innocent in college and moved at a way quicker pace then her. god! i was such a floozy in comparison. lol. also their whole getting off on the fan fiction was even too nerdy for me! but i mean 50 shades of grey is prove that people get off on it!
so the fan fiction! cather wrote fan fiction based on a wizard named simon snow which is of course based on harry potter. harry potter is named dropped as to kind of make it seem like it's not based on him but ya know. simon's archenemy is a vampire, baz, and in her fan fiction, cather makes them gay! cather has a huge fan base, but her fan fiction affects her writing in college, but she gets all of that sort out in the end as well. people's judgey-ness about fan fiction was addressed, but i still don't see it as a legit form of writing. i mean people love it, but its not for me.
and before i close loved the idea of emergency kanye dance party!
oh and one last thing! i had no idea that kansas had such a big mexican population. i was surprised to read all about cather's hs boyfriend being mexican and his mom making delicious tres leche cake. also wren's college boyfriend was Mexican, though i have never heard of an alejadrano, going by jandro. and i was even more surprised by all the taco trucks, cather and her dad ate at!
okay this is the last thing. i really need to read outsiders, cather and levi made out after she read it to him.
all in all, a sweet story. a great book for first years! reminded how roommate meals were a great bonding experience. a bit cheesy but a good read for young adults!
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