My first Rainbow Rowell's book was Eleanor & Park and I absolutely adore it. I like Rainbow's writings, her humour and those cutesy scenes in the book. They made me feel so good. However, I was quite disappointed with this book. Almost all book tubers love this book. It was so hyped-out that it made me wanna read it. So I did but I didn't enjoy it as many other readers did.
Goodreads synopsis: A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan... 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?
To be honest, I was let down by all those high reviews out there. I'm pretty sure every comments about this book were a straight 5-stars. I had my hopes up before reading it. It was a huge let down. I really didn't expect to be let down but it happened.
Firstly, the plot was a huge mess. Most of the time I did not know where is the focus point? Is it the fan fiction writing? Or the twins relationship? Or their dad? Or their mother? Or even the relationship between Cath and Levi? They were all jumbled up. I felt that some parts were too draggy while some other parts were too rush. When I reached the end, I was feeling like "huh? What?", and it just ended like that.
However, the story is unique. Fanfiction is hardly a topic to write about in a fiction. It was impressive that Rainbow did a story within a story. To me, it's practically hard to even write a story and she mashed up two stories.
Overall it was a leisure read. I was just not attached to it as many other contemporary or even Rainbow's e&p. Maybe I am not fangirl-ing enough. But since many readers do enjoy the book, maybe they do find something they really like about it. I would still recommend this book because of Rainbow Rowell. Her writings are light and fun read.
Summer
I will still have a link to purchase the book even if I did not enjoy that book as much because I believe in challenging someone's opinion. Everyone should listen and accept people's opinion but form your own.
FANGIRL (my version is not available)
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