While many people might find her thoughts irritating or excessive, I thought that Cath’s character was very well conceptualised. Since Cath is our protagonist we are mainly walking through Cath’s steps and being inside her head. Wren is also having difficulty controlling her alcohol consumption and finally, Levi is dyslexic – he has a severe learning disability. Cath and Wren’s dad is Bipolar which means he goes through months of Depression followed by months of Mania. Moreover, her main character, Cath, could possibly be diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Rowell is not scared to show through her characters and in a very respectful manner that not everyone understands homosexuality and sometimes not everyone accepts it. First of all, she is a straight girl writing fanfiction of two boys in love and she loves it. These two very separate themes both hold a major part in our story of Cath. What is interesting in Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl is that she decides to discuss two topics that people stigmatise very easily. To take the anxiety she felt like black static behind her eyes and an extra heart in her throat, and shove it all down to her stomache where it belonged – where she could at least tie it into a nice knot and work around it.īut this is not just a story of growing up and making it on your own. Now, specifically about this Special Edition that I accidentally bought because it was cheaper, while the pink cover might now be appealing to everyone, there are four wonderful pieces of art from Fangirl fans that really make this a beautiful book cover. Basically, Simon Snow is – to many of us – a reimagining of Harry Potter and while reading Fangirl the similarities between Harry and Simon will become very prominent. In the beginning of the book we also get a page of information on Simon Snow and the books in the form of a Wikipedia-type article. Leslie’s (the original Simon Snow author) Simon Snow books. Each chapter is closed by a short “excerpt” from Cath’s (and Wren’s) fanfiction stories or Gemma T. The book is divided into two parts, Fall Semester of 2011 and Spring Semester of 2012. In this book we are following Cath in a third person perspective as she enters college with her twin sister. So, if you are in the mood for a light, young adult contemporary story of self-discovery, growing up, building friendships and new romance, this is what you’ll get with Fangirl. Will Cath be able to grab college by the horns and deal with her new life without the help of her built-in best friend, Wren, or is she going to freak out and lose it? Cath has her famous Simon Snow fanpage, a crazy roommate who brings her boyfriend in their room all the time, the required homework and assignments and a lot – a lot – of anxiety. Now Cath and Wren move off to college and Wren has made it clear that she wants for once to be her own person. Happy moments, like writing Simon Snow fanfiction together, but also sad moments, like being abandoned by their mother. They’ve always been very close to each other, sharing everything. Cath and Wren are twins – the looking alike kind.
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