Everyone seems to be growing up, but Cath Avery in Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, refuses to let that mean giving up her fandom.
Armed with her twin sister and her fangirling ways, Cath thinks that she will be able to “make do” for the next four years of college; however, as her sister starts to forgo their plans to write endless amounts of fanfiction, and Cath’s obsession with the World of Magicks begins to hinder her growth as a writer, Cath’s plans seem to be slowly unravelling. Not to mention the happy-go-lucky boy with a widow’s peak that is constantly hanging around Cath’s dorm, making her contemplate whether fictional worlds are truly better than real ones.
The novel provides the reader with front row seats to Cath and her anxieties as she navigates through love, family, and herself. Rainbow Rowell encapsulates the fangirl experience in Cath and provides the reader a relatable character to read through. Rowell’s quirky characters and romcom-esque style gives the reader a wonderful, feel-good movie in the form of a book.
Fangirl is not just Cath’s story–it’s the reader’s story.