Title: Fangirl
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Rating: ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎(♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ to infinity and beyond)
Current Mood: A mix between happy & crying as brilliantly displayed by the lovely Kristen Bell, who I love, seriously. She's brilliant.
What's going on homo sapiens! I've been MIA for two, almost three months,
and I would like to formally (and in writing) apologize sincerely for my absence. Things in Jess-world have been a little crazy; things happen, school deadlines come faster than you think they are, and slowly your line of vision starts narrowing and you're only capable of focusing on one thing at a time. Hey-o University! But now that I got that garbage over with, and I am officially on summer (thank you full summer courses for thwarting my desire for knowledge) and I have nothing to do all day but take care of the furson munchkin, play some video games, and read. All favourites of mine. Seriously.
So yesterday, I finally pummelled through finishing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which I had started during my christmas break back in December. And as soon as I finished that gorgeous and glorious masterpiece of writing, I picked up Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. And my heart just imploded in on itself. I honestly don't know how to put into words all the feels that this book pulled out of me. I really enjoyed this book. So much. So so so much. I don't think I can even write enough so's because I don't think there are nearly enough that I can write that will express just how much I loved this.
So Fangirl. What is it? What is this about? Is it really about some crazy obsessed Fangirl who is stuck in the past? Did she go all crazy, find the person she's Fangirl-ing over and completely infiltrate their lives? That's what I thought this book was about! And it does have that Fangirl aspect, that Fangirl lifestyle without going too overboard, like I thought. I originally didn't think I was going to like this as much as I actually did. This book is about two twin sisters: Cath and Wren (Catherine, get it? Well.. I thought it was clever). And it's their times to shine in college. Wren, unlike Cath, wants to break away from her twin sister, do her own thing. Cath is more dependent on Wren, she wants to be dorm mates with her sister, she wants to hang out with her, she's the built in best friend she got when she was a baby and she wants to keep it that way. Cath wants her best friend, the person she has been writing Simon Snow fanfiction with, to stick together.
So, the last week of summer Wren tells Cath that she doesn't want to room with her at school, which completely devastates Cath. Which is where this story really begins. Cath is stuck rooming with Reagan, who has a best friend, Levi, who hangs around her dorm more than needed. Throughout the course of the novel we really see Cath branch out. She realizes that she doesn't need her sister nearly as much as she thought she did. Cath really grows into her own person, she becomes her own person instead of just being Wren's twin sister. And that's what this book is about. The most important thing I got out of this book is to keep doing what you love, never stop doing what you love, even if that thing may seem childish or immature to others. This is a coming of age story that I really inherently related to. It's beautiful. The way Cath comes into her own just floored me, and really did choke me up: mainly because she doesn't realize it. She doesn't realize she is becoming an independent person, she doesn't realize that she is becoming her own person, a person that she always was, but needed that independence to truly become.
I feel like I share a lot in common with Cath -- and maybe that's the reason why I'm so obsessed with this book. I read it a couple of weeks ago, and I'm already itching for a re-read (Not to mention that I just purchased the limited edition Pink cover copy from my local Chapters). I just enjoyed this book so much. I read it in one sitting, and that says a lot about a book with over four hundred pages -- in one sitting. I was literally up until 4am finishing that bad boy, and I have:
NO RAGRETS.
Rainbow Rowell might just be my new favourite author. I've read Attachments, and now Fangirl. I own Eleanor & Park, and will most likely pick that up after I finish the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout (which is what I'm currently reading). I will absolutely be picking up Landline, and Carry On soon... because I just don't think I can live my life without Rainbow Rowell's amazing stories in my life.
Rainbow Rowell, if, by some streak of miracle goodness you happened upon this blog. Please. Please, please, please keep writing the feel good, happy, amazing things you write. I'm pretty convinced, even after just two of your books that I'm quite possibly in love with you and your writing.
Guys, if you still have a big question mark floating above your heads, debating whether or not to pick this book up. Please do. You absolutely need to pick this book up. It's just... perfection in binding. You won't regret this read. I guarantee it.
So, this is my review after my long, terrible, inexplainable, and irritating hiatus from books and reviews. I hope I still got it. Writing reviews, that is. I think. Hope you guys are as satisfied with my review as I was of Rowell's Fangirl.
Don't never stop being awesome, 'cause you're pretty rad. And you should stay rad by being you. xoj
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