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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky
4.0
Look, I rarely read contemporaries. Not even if they're slightly murder mystery. However, a book about a group of fangirls and things getting out of hand? That sounded kind of interesting! So, when I was browsing through the outlet of a certain Dutch online bookstore and saw this book I got myself a copy. As usual, the copy stayed and rotted on my shelf for quite some time, but yesterday I found it back and decided to start reading.
This book was every bit as entertaining as I had hoped it would be and somewhere there was some depth hidden in the book too. I've never been the kind of fangirl to really go to hotels or stand in line for hours for concerts. I've never really been a boyband kinda girl either. But, I did write fanfiction, just never RPF because that felt like crossing a line, and I do know how it can feel like a certain band or show saved your entire life.
I liked how this book had all the elements of the hardcore fandom down AND dared to question it. Not only because the girls in this story take it too far, but also because in a way it is kinda sad that we waste so many years of our lives following boys around who are not even that talented (often) and most likely not even that special people either. In a way this book works as a mirror, although I assume that those in the middle of it might not see it like that.
I also really enjoyed how unreliable the narrator of this book was. We are to assume that this was the true story, that this is what happened, but we can't know for sure. Not until some information in the last chapter is released. And in a way that means this story also displays the true power of fangirls. Not only are they capable of bringing buildings down, if they'd want to, but they'd also totally be able to get away with murder, especially OF their idol.
This book was every bit as entertaining as I had hoped it would be and somewhere there was some depth hidden in the book too. I've never been the kind of fangirl to really go to hotels or stand in line for hours for concerts. I've never really been a boyband kinda girl either. But, I did write fanfiction, just never RPF because that felt like crossing a line, and I do know how it can feel like a certain band or show saved your entire life.
I liked how this book had all the elements of the hardcore fandom down AND dared to question it. Not only because the girls in this story take it too far, but also because in a way it is kinda sad that we waste so many years of our lives following boys around who are not even that talented (often) and most likely not even that special people either. In a way this book works as a mirror, although I assume that those in the middle of it might not see it like that.
I also really enjoyed how unreliable the narrator of this book was. We are to assume that this was the true story, that this is what happened, but we can't know for sure. Not until some information in the last chapter is released. And in a way that means this story also displays the true power of fangirls. Not only are they capable of bringing buildings down, if they'd want to, but they'd also totally be able to get away with murder, especially OF their idol.