Fangirl

This book is essentially a fantasy of my life had I gone to university right out of high school and stuck to writing fan fiction instead of other things and hadn't gotten into online relationships. Cath's problems with meeting people and doing new things were very familiar. Not the twin sister or parental issues though. And I mostly wrote Sailor Moon fan fiction (too old for Harry Potter) and was never popular. And I did not have anyone in real life with whom I had fan fiction in common. (Still don't.) And writing is a solitary thing for me, not something that I can do with someone else (except, kind of, long ago, for the life story exchanges with my few real life best friends and one internet best friend, Jessica). So not that close to my own life, but close enough.

I wish there had been more focus on Cath's struggles as a writer of things other than fan fiction. I liked the parts with the writing professor and the fiction-writing course make-up chance, but then her story appeared out of the blue in the end. It would've been nice to see more of that process.

That's the only negative thing I have to say about this book, and it's not even enough to make me remove a star. Maybe I would've liked to see more about Cath's relationships with online people? Like her beta reader who was mentioned in passing like twice? I never had a beta reader either. Anyway. I reread most of the book again after I finished, and then parts of it again. It's due back at the library soon so I may have to buy my own copy.

P.S. Thank you, Amy, for recommending this to me!