The first 20% of the book focused lightly on the fandom, and then the book kind of forgot about it with the exception of the 'Simon Snow' excerpts, which were absolutely fucking pointless to the story as a whole. It does nothing to dispel the myths of the laughable socially inept fanboy/fangirl, and that's just a damned shame. It caricaturizes and mocks fangirls/boys for the enjoyment of the reader, and not much more. I feel like this book represents online fandom in the way that The Big Bang Theory represents math geeks and engineers. This would have been so much better if it had been merely sold as a coming-of-age without the fandom aspect, but as a book that tries to sell fandom on me, it doesn't remotely work. 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. If you wanted a true sense of fandom, don't look for it here. 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?! 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?Īctual 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. A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.Ĭath is a Simon Snow fan.

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