Fangirl

There a lot of reviews about how great this book is, but like every other person pointed out, Fangirl doesn't give the best impression of what it's like to be a fangirl. Being a fangirl doesn't mean just reading a book and writing fanfic about it. It is so much more..

Obsessing. Reading, rereading. Discussion on forums. Online quizzes. Arguing with others. Waiting for the movies. Arguing about the cast. Watching the movies. Obsessing about the movies. Tumblr. GIFs. Hijacking posts. Noticing things you didn't notice the first time. Swooning on a particularly hot guy. Crying about a character's death. Making up your own theories.

Cath doesn't do any of those things. She read the books and writes fanfic and maybe sometimes reads others fanfic. That's not it. That's not what a fangirl does.

Also, the Simon Show is obviously inspired from Harry Potter. And Simon and Baz are obviously Harry and Draco. I get why Rowell had to use different names. Copyright problems. I get it, I do. But I really wish she stocked to it. To a world, without Harry Potter. You either use the real deal, or you fake it. You don't mix both. So when she mentions Harry Potter in the book, it made me so mad.

Also what the hell is wrong with Cath? Being a fangirl and being neurotic isn't the same thing. The girl stashes energy bars because she's scared to go eat in the dining hall. What the hell? I have never in my life done that or anything similar to it. And if someone called me pathetic, I wouldn't be okay with it. But Cath just whines and forgets about it. Which pissed me.

Okay so there's so much more I could say about it, but I won't. Despite all that, the book was a good read. The biggest problem with this book for me was that Rowell is probably not a fangirl. Or atleast didn't do enough research. But if she did this would have been one of the best book and would have easily gotten five freaking starts.