Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Fangirl

My feelings towards this book are complicated. But after having read it, I understand why there is such a diverse response from readers. For the first hundred pages, I was bored. Fangirl read like a mediocrely written fanfic. BUT then around 200 pages in my feelings changed a bit

when Levi and Cath had their first kiss. No one writes soft, sweet romance quite like Rainbow Rowell.

I think the novel is slow paced which makes it feel impossibly long and it's arguable whether or not it needed to take up that much space, but it wasn't bad. And I'm a hopeless romantic so I fell for the last 200 pages, I couldn't put it down. I will say I love the characters. They're not exactly that elaboratelt written I guess (cause there's a LOT more that could be elaborated on) but they're just likeable. The world building was nice. I'd say this makes a good escapism book. I won't say it was love at first sight, but it's worth sticking it out 100%. I'm glad I finished it.

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perth_is's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Okay, I had such high hopes for this book because I really liked the premise HOWEVER. Cath sometimes reminded me of myself and I liked that but most times made me want to commit acts of arson because sometimes she was so unbelievably annoying, sometimes justified, most times incredibly annoying. I get that she’s scared of rejection and lonely but oh my god. She has anxiety, understandable, me too but sometimes if someone is annoying, it’s just because they are annoying. However the stuff with alcoholism and bipolar was done well and was interesting to see. I sort of liked the little splices of Simon Snow books and fan fiction because I knew what I was getting myself into but sometimes it goes on for too long. Another thing is the ending!! WHAT A LACK LUSTER ENDING OH MY GOD. I STUCK THROUGH ALL OF THAT TO GET THAT KIND OF ENDING? bleh. just one big bleh. Reagan was awesome and almost made the whole story for me. Anyways I can see how people like this but I think I’m just not a big fan of love stories anyway. Oh also I understand it is a “blatant rip off of Harry Potter” but I like that about it and like how it’s obviously about Draco x Harry

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gymbeannz's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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fatmanatee's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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marioncromb's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Started quite well, about the struggles of starting uni as an anxious teen, but I got a bit bored of the main story about halfway through. I enjoyed the fanfic sections a lot more than the actual story. It is always weird to read american stories where public transport doesn't exist and everyone drives everywhere, and i could never tell when the references to e.g Watford, England being a desirable place to live were /intended/ to be jokes or not.

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simonstays5's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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eleanordonleyyy's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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starlessnights's review against another edition

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1.0

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