This would have been so much better if it ha Actual rating: 2.5 Levi said. Don't get me wrong, I liked this book, but it is a coming-of-age book that was misrepresented as a book about fandom. It’s like hearing that Harry Potter is gay."Ok, why the fuck are you referencing Harry Potter after having based the entire book around a fictionalized version of Harry Potter known as Simon Snow? Why?! If you wanted a true sense of fandom, don't look for it here. and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.įor 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? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?Īn unabridged recording on 10 CDs (12 hours, 49 minutes).moreĪctual rating: 2.5 Levi said. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words.
Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go.
Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids it's what got them through their mother leaving. But for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she's really good at it. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.
Hanging out i A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.Ĭath is a Simon Snow fan.
A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.