The book I chose to read for first quarter is called Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. It's genre, contemporary fiction, is different than from all the books I've read because it's based on what every teenager goes through today and shows what reality looks likes, nothing that seems like a fantasy in all of its 438 pages of words. Its about a girl named Cather, whose whole world revolves around the Simon Snow fandom. She bases her decisions around Simon Snow, she has a blog about Simon Snow, she has all the merchandise of the series that makes her the ultimate fan and has someone to share it with, her twin sister Wren. Then, comes graduation and college, where her world seems to fall apart. Her sister doesn't love Simon Snow as much anymore, she wants to live the college experience where Cather isn't around her all the time. Now, Cather has to come face to face with the real world that isn't behind pages of books or behind a computer screen.
I really enjoyed reading this book because it really shows what reality looks like. What I mean is that throughout the whole story, it doesn't seem like any other fiction book where everything seems impossible like one story I know, where the girl always gets the super hot boy in the story because she's the super quiet nerd. No, that doesn't happen in real life, this shows the struggle of college life, the confusion about liking a guy, and basically the reality of life. What's also really cool is that the author adds snips of the Simon Snow story, that's actually a book she wrote, to show you why so many people in the story like the series and possibly get you hooked into it as well. What I would've liked to see more of is from her sister's perspective, like how she came to the decision of leaving behind her sister in a fantasy world to come to reality and how she is being affected by her choice, that would've helped me enjoy it a little more, but it was really good either way
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