Synopsis
In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl,
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan,
but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She
and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series
when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother
leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? Open her heart to someone? Or will she just go on living inside somebody else’s fiction?
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? Open her heart to someone? Or will she just go on living inside somebody else’s fiction?
Naughty
Laura introducing me to this wonderful author, well with a name like
Rainbow, a trans-girl like me couldn’t resist. Laura told me I had to
read this before Carry On, and I did. The premise is two twins going to
university: Cather and Wren (basically the parents liked the name
Catherine and divided it between the two girls). Cath(er) lives in the
imaginary world of mages, writing fanfiction and having a ‘boyfriend’
(whom many in the real world would not call him a boyfriend – they
haven’t even properly kissed). Whilst Wren lives in reality and wants
some separation from her twin: the novel is a coming of age story and
brilliant one at that.
Enter Levi and Nick, two love interests for our potential heroine. One bad boy and one good boy, but which is which? – SPOILERS! Whilst Cath does her best Juliet, Wren goes on a path of self-destruction, both discover things about themselves and each other. The ending might leave a lot of unanswered questions (please see my rant on endings) but it comes together to inspire us writers to write. Still a writer, still a fangirl.
Enter Levi and Nick, two love interests for our potential heroine. One bad boy and one good boy, but which is which? – SPOILERS! Whilst Cath does her best Juliet, Wren goes on a path of self-destruction, both discover things about themselves and each other. The ending might leave a lot of unanswered questions (please see my rant on endings) but it comes together to inspire us writers to write. Still a writer, still a fangirl.
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