But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?
- 433 pages
- published in 2013
This book... I really loved it. It spoke to me in so many ways, I felt really connected to it. There so many great things about it, it was just amazing. Definitely one of my book highlights in 2014 already!
First off, Cath is a very real person, to me. I can identify with her very well and I know the feeling of being so connected to a fantasy world, being really invested and not being able to let go. I exactly know how that feels and Rainbow Rowell really captured that well.
Cath is a person I would love to meet and I would love to be friends with her. I really wish she was real. And Wren, too. I love stories about Twins but there aren't that many out there, sadly.
It wasn't just a love story. It was more about Cath finding a place for herself in the middle of a new world, the change from high school to college but also being her own person apart from her twin. She was really dependant on Wren and it was a very interesting transformation to watch, how she slowly learned to be herself and meeting people without her twin. Overcoming the insecurities of feeling like the "worse" twin. I really loved that about the book.
The lovestory was not rushed, it was sweet and it was so cute. The way Cath didn't even notice that he liked her or that she really liked him, it was just adorable. I really loved that they were so different but still fitted together so well. And they way they relationship began... You should really read this, you know?
Another thing that I found to be awesomly awesome was that you could actually read part of Cath's fanfiction/ the Simon Snow books. Do you know that feeling when a fictional character talks about a fictional book or something they're writing on and you wish you could read it too, like the real thing? Or at least a part of it? That's what Rainbow Rowell did. She put in part of the Simon Snow books here and there and also, when it was mentioned that Cath was writing a scene, you could read the actual scene. I loved that.
And even though it had 433 pages, I was so sad and shocked when it was over. I really wanted more.
All in all, this book is a must-read for everyone that loves books, fanfictions or simply being a fan of something!
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| Five stars, for sure! |
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