BOOK REVIEW || Fangirl

Quick Note: before I begin, I just wanted to say this will not be my usual "I am so emotional feel my wave of emotions as I excessively use the words mirage and being" kind of post. Basically, this is my truest post because if my friends read this, I know they can hear my voice as they read on. So, I hope you guys don't hate me for this post and I highly recommend this book to every person existing in Middle-Earth.

I'll start by saying this is my favorite book ever. Hands down.

I read it seven times.

All through high school, I could say that I had a great difficulty in figuring out who I was. From your typical girly-girl, I transformed into some sort of literary freak with a dash of musicality and a niche for getting trapped in fictional worlds. Don't get me wrong, I love my bows, but I love my books more. And I guess, if I never changed into who I am today, I don't think I would have appreciated this book as much as I do now.

The main reason why I love this book is because it's so real. The protagonist, Cather Avery, is a wreck of an introvert and she is too relatable for her own good. She is obsessed with the series (that I'm pretty sure Rainbow Rowell meant to make it seem like Harry Potter) "Simon Snow and the Mage's Heir", so obsessed that she makes fanfiction. And not just amateur fanfic, but the thousands of viewers kind of fanfiction. She never leaves her dorm and eats granola bars and peanut butter for a living. Also tacos. Cath and I love our tacos. So you can see why I was drawn into the book. A teenager who writes online, is active in "the fandom", and likes the company of the internet than others. A moment of silence for those who can relate to my conceal, don't feel emotions.

Mother-of-all-fictional-boyfriends. I struck gold with this book. Just when you thought the book couldn't get any better, boys show up. Boys with facial descriptions crafted only by someone who reads excessively on either Wattpad or YA Literature. I can feel your guilt Rainbow Rowell, it's oozing out of the book's pages. Every story needs to have a good love triangle and I can say that this one is particularly good because it just is. So, if you plan on reading Fangirl, you need to know that I had dibs on Levi since last school year and I don't need other girls being obsessed with him too.

The pace of this book is divine. I can honestly say that the flow is perfection because it all just seems so real. There are no skipped/buried issues and the emotion of the character is as raw as salmon sashimi. Also, the problems are pretty light and college-ish, but you can see that the main theme is about coming-of-age. The age when drinking is legal, boys transform into fine creatures, pressure is present everyday, and basically, getting through it all. Like I said, Cather is an introvert who is really struggling with living in a place that she's not used to and her twin sister, Wren, is starting to fade away into college life.

Basically, I give this book a five out of five. It's just a light book, something to read after you finished a thought-provoking novel or a tragically ended story. So, don't expect your usual doses of Plato and William Shakespeare.

Here are a few quotes that I took note of while I was reading:

“In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can't Google.)” 

“It’s just... everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be. Nothing that I’m good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn't matter—and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it’s only because people want something from me. Not because they want me.” 

(AND BASICALLY THIS)

“You’ve read the books?”
“I’ve seen the movies.”
Cath rolled her eyes so hard, it hurt. (Actually.) (Maybe because she was still on the edge of tears. On the edge, period.) “So you haven’t read the books.”
“I’m not really a book person.”“That might be the most idiotic thing you’ve ever said to me”