Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

A love story about opening your heart, by Rainbow Rowell, the New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park.

Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life.

Without Wren, Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She's got a surly room-mate 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 . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

Now Cath has to decide whether she's ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she's realizing that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible . . .

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell comes with special bonus material; the first chapter from Rainbow's irresistible novel Carry On.

Reviewed by Mackenzie on

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DNF

Let me preface this by saying I am NOT a contemporary fan. It's just not my cup of tea. But everyone (literally) was talking about how awesome this book was and I decided that if I was ever going to give contemporary a chance then this would be the book. Sadly, this just confirmed my dislike for it. I can't say that I hated it because I didn't. In fact, this book was perfectly pleasant. But, quite frankly, I just didn't care.

A lot of people liked this because they could relate (aren't we all fangirls here?). And I liked Cath. We could easily be friends. And Reagan. She's awesomely bad-tempered. But there was just.....nothing to keep me going. No mystery, no magic, no cake dangling in front of my face making me want to continue reading. Honestly, the more interesting parts were the little parts about Simon and Baz from the fantasy books she wrote fanfic for (I love me some fantasy!). Now, if Rowell wrote a book about that, I'd read it (even if it's so obviously HP).

But I tried! A for effort, right?

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