Hi bros!
With this blog being fairly new I thought I'd go back and review some of my favourites. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell caught my eye as soon as I stepped into waterstones and I just had to buy it!
I'm going to start with talking about the positive points (which is most of them)! Firstly I loved the main character Cather, I thought she was cute, funny, respectable and relatable as well as being someone you can really warm to. In fact I think she may be one of my favourite fictional characters! Her neediness reminds me of myself and her social anxiety makes her even braver.
Rainbow's portrayal of social anxiety is life like and relatable for a large amout of people. She may not go out often, or at all, and she'd definately rather write fanfiction than socialise (sounds a bit like me). I also thought her character progression was clever and she really grows as a person throughout the novel. I liked that the book provided Cather with ways to overcome her anxiety and go out of her comfort zone and, as a result, make some fantastic friends.
The cover design is something that caught my eye. Walking into a shop full of thousands of books a cover has to be interesting to stand a chance of being noticed, and this book was definitely this! I liked how simplistic the cover was whilst still being able to portray both of the main characters. A book will become less engaging if the cover is coated in words, I want to be wondering enough about the plot to want to pick it up! The minimal amount of words on this cover I find very effective. If I was going to frame one piece of cover art I must say it'd have to be this one!
In a nutshell this book is the definition of adorable. The love story is epic and not rushed (wow I forgot how much I love this book). Levi is one of those characters who you instantly form a relationship, he may not be real, but in your mind you two are married! Oh wow he's romantic and just the sort of sweet, but fairly confident guy that Cath needed to bring her out of her shell. He shows her how wonderful she really is, and best of all, he likes her fanfiction!
Another important theme in the book is family. Rainbow really shows a sense of family bonds and emphasises how important family really are to us. Cath has a real hear warming relationship with her sister which I would have loved to have seen more of, which brings me onto my next point.
The relationship between Cather and Wren towards the end I felt needed more development. It's always been them two through thick and thin and I don't believe that Cath would have any less interest in her sister after meeting a boy. I became incredibly attached to wren and would have likedher to have more appearances. I would have also liked a less rushed ending. I didn't feel that all the loose ends were wrapped up accordingly, but that is all I can find wrong with this book.
I strongly recommend reading this and I'd love to see a sequel to the book. I'm going to finish with my favourite quote from the book. "To be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one". Happy reading.
Song of the day : Happy Little Pill - Troye Sivan
Love Danni xx
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