You know the magical feeling when you found the shoes for you after searching around, even if it isn't the most gorgeous pair of shoes in the store, and then you fit it and it's just right? That's exactly how I felt when I devoured in Cather's world. Fangirl is my bookmate. Totally relatable and funny. Being a fangirl-slash-writer weird nerd college freshman who have a (twin)sister for a best friend. All of Cather are was how I were two years ago.
All the things that I've learned (from reading, experience, high school, romance class) about being a frustrated writer where there and I couldn't help say 'I know right?!' Plus the book puts a light to fanfiction writing and it wasn't your typical cliche, superficial story about fandom (which I thought it was at first).
The scenes are real and totally captivating. Now I truly appreciate Rowell's works (in fact I couldn't wait to read 'Attachments'). She wants to let the whole world knows that not only the pretty, sophisticated girls gets the opportunity to be a main character in a love story and will become the apple of they eye of a cute, charming love interest. You too can. Everyone can. Each one of us has a story to tell and that, in a way, can inspire others. Like how Cather proved that she was more than an antisocial girl with a dream world around Simon Snow. That someone like Cather could be accepted by someone like Levi and Reagan. And that there was more to her and Levi (oh Levi, cute Levi) actually loved her because of that.
The Simon Snow excerpts (both from the original fiction and Cather's fanfic) made the story interesting. I actually didn't squeamish at the thought of Simon-Baz love team. Although I'd hope that the author elaborate how Cather came up with the idea. Not that I'm against it, but I'm not quite open-minded to homosexual relationships to the point that I am willing to read a whole book about it.
The longevity of the story is out of the question if you will enjoy it from page one. Everything about the book is unconventional. Not your typical young/new adult novel.
