"Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell: Review:

“I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”

“A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.”

This is how it is described in mostly all websites, and the cover itself.

Fangirl is a young adult novel by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2013.”; as cited in Wikipedia. I mean, I copied and pasted this statement to give at first my personal opinion about it and to build up my review around it. Not taking into consideration that I am a HUGE fanfiction addict, but this novel could be read at every age, for real. It just brings back some memories if you’re a grown-up, or could prepare you for what life can bring to your path from now on. It explores many life aspects, from getting to live far away from your parents, becoming independent, to dealing with relationships, and opening up to new people with different cultures and education.

I did find it too relatable while reading it. It made me remember all the bad vibes I went through just recently, but It also did bring some hella good vibes I had the chance to live a year after I got my baccalaureate degree.

It is crystal clear I guess, don’t ever doubt reading it. Just start it, you have my word :D

Little Synopsis: (Source: Wikipedia)

“The book presents Cath as a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, along with her more outgoing identical twin sister, Wren. While Wren is making new friends and partying, Cath struggles to adjust due to her social anxiety. Most of Cath's free time is spent writing fan fiction. The fan fiction follows the fictional Simon Snow series.

Wren distances herself from Cath and professes to have outgrown fan fiction, whereas Cath becomes more interested in her writing classes. She becomes friends with her classmate Nick, meeting him for writing sessions.

Despite this, Cath is miserable. Her roommate Reagan and Reagan's friend Levi decide to help. After Cath becomes closer to Levi, he reveals he is romantically interested in her. Just before finals, Cath's father has a bipolar episode, and is involuntarily committed. Cath ditches her exams and her final paper to take care of her father.

Cath nearly gives up on her studies, on Wren, and her friends. However, she decides to continue, and learns to cope. Cath and her sister reunite in the hospital after Wren gets alcohol poisoning. Cath encounters her mother there, who had abandoned them years before. As the school year ends, Cath finishes her novel, and struggles to write an original short story for her class.”