A review by knallen
Gena/Finn by Kat Helgeson, Hannah Moskowitz

5.0

This book caught my interest because I am, to varying degrees, involved in fandoms for TV shows and books. I admit, I went into it with doubts about how well this book would portray fandom and I honestly expected it to be like Fangirl (which I wasn't that huge a fan of). However, the fandom was the starter for the book (and boy did the author nail it) but the friendship is the reason that I stayed with this book. I appreciated that the author had obviously been involved in fandom and that she represented several sides of it from the completely crazy to the more mature fans who actually enjoy character analyzation and that sort of thing. I loved how she wrote out the relationships and the struggle of taking an internet relationship into a real world one. Overall, I honestly just enjoyed the book. It had me snickering at things that were all too familiar and tearing up over things that were just too sad not to tear up over. I particularly loved the way the book was written in several different mediums from text messages to journal entries. I think many teenagers will enjoy this book and anyone that has ever been involved in a fandom will love it.