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Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: January 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read

Why we're reading this: Contemporary Group Read
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Dec 15, 2013 Tamara rated it really liked it

Shelves: stand-alone, young-adult, fell-in-love-with-the-characters, coming-of-age, contemporary, 2013-reads

4.5 stars

This was one of the best 'Coming Of Age' books I've ever read! Sure many things here are common to coming-of-age stories -there's first love and family drama etc- but Fangirl is also about writing, and being a fan, and how being a social misfit in college feels. The characters, the story, her college experience, the universe of fandoms&fanfictions- everything felt real.

I know how Cath feels, I've been there, sometimes I still go there. Being a fan, being a part of a fandom is such a dif ...more

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Nov 02, 2013 Amber rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, books-i-own

I can't believe I didn't read this book sooner!!! I absolutely loved it and I cant believe how much I relate to Cath. This is one of my all time favorite books now for sure. ...more

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Dec 14, 2014 Monicab rated it really liked it

4.5. Probablemente el mejor libro young adult contemporaneo que he leido, aunque tampoco he leido muchos y menos que sean buenos. Es una historia bonita y todo el tema del fanfic me gusto mucho, me recordaba tanto a harry potter ains *.* y eso que yo era pequeña cuando lo lei y nunca lei fanfics de harry potter pero aun asi... La historia de amor es muy bonita y levi es un amor, la madre es lo peor y wren dependia de ratos, Reagan genial y cath me caia bien aunque a veces era un poco exasperante ...more

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Dec 09, 2013 S rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars. i guess?
I wouldn't have had any problems giving this 5 stars but the ending was just disappointing.
I loved Eleanor & Park Even though it was open-ended, it made me think happy thoughts. That was a great way to end that book! This one, however, just left me hanging without anything to grasp on to. (Yes, i know they are two different books but come on.)
There's just.. TOO MANY issues that weren't resolved here. Now that i think about it, maybe instead of all those Simon Snow snippets, th ...more

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Oct 31, 2013 Jannah rated it it was amazing

Soooooooooo good. I can relate to this book so much. I swear Cath is exactly like me! I loved her and Levi. and her relationship with her sister. It was just sooooo good.

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