I know it's very late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! The last few
months of 2015 were quite rough for me. I feel like there
was too much drama in my life and I just realized that I might have got
lost in it. This month, I want to start fresh. I want to get back the
excitement and eagerness to develop myself that I once had. I want to focus on
the important and precious things in my life. I want to enjoy doing the
things that I love (I will write and read and watch films more!). I want
to learn and do something new (I’m thinking of taking Korean language
classes and going jogging and swimming regularly hehe). I want no more
drama.
Anyways, I finished reading Rainbow Rowell's novel, Fangirl, during the Christmas
holiday and I'm going to write what I think about it in this post, my first
blog post in 2016!
Fangirl is a story
about Cath, a girl who fangirls over her favorite fictional characters a little
too hard (just like I do haha). Cath is really good at handling the
fictional world, but when it comes to the real world, she really struggles
because reality is even stranger than fiction. In this book, we follow Cath's
journey throughout the first year of her college life, and might find some
things there that are similar to our own experiences.
This book is the second book from Rainbow Rowell that I’ve
read, and it has officially made her one of my favorite authors. I just love
her writing; it’s so easy to read and makes you want to keep reading. Good job,
Ms Rainbow Rowell!
The best thing about this book, in my opinion, is how
relatable it is, especially for me. Just like Cath, I know how it feels like to
be a clumsy, awkward person who is terrible at socializing, to be used by other
people when they need your help with their homework because you are smart, to
want to be alone in your room more than normal people do, to be scared to eat
in the cafeteria alone on your first day of school because you just don't know
anyone, to feel reluctant to have a relationship because you feel like you’re
not good at dating…
But the thing that I find most relatable is how Cath feels
about her favorite fictional characters.
Most of the people I know say that movies are just movies,
books are just books, stories are just stories, Harry Potter is just a
fictional character, Hogwarts is just a fictional place, etc. But for Cath, for
me, and for other people like us who are usually called fangirls and fanboys,
they are not just those things. For us, they are something. We love them. They
make us happy. They help us get through the tough times in our lives. They help
us understand people and their feelings. They teach us about life. They let us
experience things that we might never be able to experience in real life. They
mean a lot to us. There’s nothing wrong about being obsessed with books or
films. Just like Daniel Radcliffe says, it is actually a good thing especially
when compared to being obsessed with drugs, which can kill you. I love how
these things are expressed in Cath’s story.
In the story, sometimes Cath likes to run away from real
life and hide in Simon and Baz’s (her favorite fictional characters) world. I
do that too sometimes because it feels good to be able to escape from our
problems for a while. However, this story teaches me that we shouldn’t keep
running away from life. It’s okay to do it sometimes, but we shouldn’t let
ourselves be afraid of facing the real life. We have to be brave and face it,
just like our heroes in the fictional world.
So, Fangirl is a
really good book. It’s fun to read and has beautiful, meaningful messages. It
will make your heart feel a little bit lighter, or at least make you smile. Go
grab this book and read it!
That’s all from me today. I really need a new book to read
right now but not really sure which book I should buy. I’m thinking of buying The Book Thief or The Martian. Hope I can get one of those after I get my salary at
the end of the month haha.
Rating : 4/5
