REVIEW: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl 

by Rainbow Rowell 

(minor spoilers)

5 out of 5 stars

Written by Katie W.

(Discovering The Books Of The Universe)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 480 pages

AUD $11.89 @bookdepository.com 

Rainbow rowell a genius and god among YA writers, has yet again out done herself. Rainbow rowell has written three immensely popular YA books: Eleanor and park, Attachments and my personal favourite Fangirl. I only a few minutes ago finished this book which can only be described as a work of pure art!

To summarise this book is a task which I myself find immensely difficult without either breaking down into a blubbering mess or giving away far too many spoilers.  This is not just a book as it has the power to make you both laugh and cry and experience emotions most books can not create over an entire series.  The basic outline of Fan girl is we follow a young 18 year old starting her freshman year at college and her entire world changes. She starts off as a socially inept, nerdy and dorky girl who is obsessed with writing fan fiction about 

Baz and Simon and slowly but surely this book turns into one of the most relatable and touching YA love stories of all time! The story of Cath and her way to discovering what true love is a touching and heart-warming story. Fan girl shows us all of the stereotypical sappy love stories we love however rainbow Rowell develops and builds this novel into yes a sappy love story but one that is so relatable that it feels true, that you never want to stop reading and that you wish and aim to be cath.  

Fan girl has had a lot of hype surrounding it over the past couple of years and the audience surrounding her books has grown immensely, this said I can proudly say that if Eleanor and park didn’t win you over fan girl are sure to! Cath is heading off to college with her twin sister and like most of us awkward people around the world, found this experience very daunting and terrifying. The book grows and develops without flaw! As soon as you start this book, beware as there is no putting it down without running the risk of major withdrawal symptom.  If there was one thing that I will take away from fan girl it is the moments that (SPOILER) Cath and Levi shared, these two showed me that true love isn’t easy but it also isn’t difficult, that it is spontaneous and beautiful and that no real relationship can be truly complete if you can have an unquestioned emergency dance party.

The character development and how Rainbow Rowell build her characters was nothing less than impeccable she created characters that felt real, all of her characters had at least the tiniest bit of someone you knew whether it was a distant cousin or a neighbor or even your best friend. Rainbow Rowell created a truly beautiful novel which was never too realist however never fake at all.

The ending of the book wasn't what I thought it would be, it didn't feel like the ending, it felt the beginning of something between Cath and Levi that was truly striking and makes you want to know what happens next.

I would encourage anybody and everybody who is a teenager or above to read this novel as it will teach you above love and hope and to never give up and to just overall live a spontaneous life.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it is a book I will come back to and re read over and over again and I will proudly recommend it to anyone .