Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here

oh my goshhh

I loved this so much, I love Scarlett so much, this is probably the YA book that I have felt TeenRenata could have most identified with. (The previous thing TeenRenata could have most identified with: Liz Lemon's high school reunion flashbacks on 30 Rock.)

It's so smart and funny and compassionate, not only for Scarlett but also for all of its characters (even when Scarlett herself is not, yet).

It also felt like the most realistic portrayal of online fandom I've seen, including the weirdly-not-creepy online-friend-mentorships that come up between younger and older fans? And also the way Scarlett identifies fandom as being a feminist act of reclaiming–that's something I've seen thinkpieces about but maybe not explicitly addressed in fiction before.

ugh this book is so funny and great, all you nerds should definitely read it