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3.27 AVERAGE
3.27 AVERAGE
So the good thing is that I read this in one sitting. The first book in 2016 to be read in one sitting ...
The bad thing?
I didn't really like it.
I don't even know why I continued on reading it halfway through.
So I found this is the library today and since the format looked interresting I definitely wanted to read this! It was about online friendship ... I just guseed that I would love it.
But then it just dragged on and on and on ... It never stopped.
So with that aside, I just felt like the story didn't really had much to offer. Obviously we couldn't have a story only involving online-friends, we needed drama! And that's were Zach or how the hell his name is spelled came into play. It was sad he died, but the aftermatch and everything else felt so unnecessary.
And I couldn't even bring myself to wrap my head around how the story ended. I didn't get it. Was Genny in love with Finn, Steven, Zach?
And how did she end up dealing with her mental issues?
Non of it really made sense to me.
What about Finn's boyfriend? I can't even remember his name ... Why the hell did he just accept in the end what was happening between the two girls? Was it because he didn't see Genny as a threat anymore? Baaah.
Two stars because the concept was interresting, didn't really like anything else.
The bad thing?
I didn't really like it.
I don't even know why I continued on reading it halfway through.
So I found this is the library today and since the format looked interresting I definitely wanted to read this! It was about online friendship ... I just guseed that I would love it.
But then it just dragged on and on and on ... It never stopped.
Spoiler
So listen. I don't think that what the two girls had was love. It wasn't. I just think they wanted it to be love, since they both were in a difficult position in their lives. And then they both found someone, they could relate to, that understood them - each other. And they mistook it for love. That's how I see it. Because what I read was what I would consider friendship.So with that aside, I just felt like the story didn't really had much to offer. Obviously we couldn't have a story only involving online-friends, we needed drama! And that's were Zach or how the hell his name is spelled came into play. It was sad he died, but the aftermatch and everything else felt so unnecessary.
And I couldn't even bring myself to wrap my head around how the story ended. I didn't get it. Was Genny in love with Finn, Steven, Zach?
And how did she end up dealing with her mental issues?
Non of it really made sense to me.
What about Finn's boyfriend? I can't even remember his name ... Why the hell did he just accept in the end what was happening between the two girls? Was it because he didn't see Genny as a threat anymore? Baaah.
Two stars because the concept was interresting, didn't really like anything else.
this book is everything fangirl wanted to be but failed to deliver.
i was a little apprehensive to start because the other fandom books i've read weren't at all representative of my experience with fandom, and i expected this to be another one. HOWEVER. the characters in this are actually complex; they have interests and goals outside of just their fandom while still having their fandom be a big part of their life as a hobby and passion. i connected with both finn and gena; i knew the struggle of trying to find a place after college like finn, i got her confusion about her relationship with gena and charlie; i got gena's openness with her mental illness and how fandom was as much a cover for something much deeper in her life as it was an on-the-surface passion.
this is a good book. a weird and good book
i was a little apprehensive to start because the other fandom books i've read weren't at all representative of my experience with fandom, and i expected this to be another one. HOWEVER. the characters in this are actually complex; they have interests and goals outside of just their fandom while still having their fandom be a big part of their life as a hobby and passion. i connected with both finn and gena; i knew the struggle of trying to find a place after college like finn, i got her confusion about her relationship with gena and charlie; i got gena's openness with her mental illness and how fandom was as much a cover for something much deeper in her life as it was an on-the-surface passion.
this is a good book. a weird and good book
I wanted to love this one. However, I can't say that I dislike it either. The first third (maybe even a bit more than that) is amazing. I couldn't get myself to but it down. I love the way fandom and the love of that world is portrayed. Though if felt as if the shipping aspect of fandom was glossed over at best. Still I could forgive that because the emotions and connections where so perfectly represented. As was the in fighting that is a huge albeit unpleasant part of the culture.
It started to go off the rails a little when Gena's past was revealed. That I can forgive as well. Is much as if felt out of place and odd it was built towards and didn't seem to derail the story. It did set the ground work for that to happen though.
The true issue is the ending. It felt like a completely different story was being set up. All signs pointed towards fan girls falling for each other. What the pay off(if you can call it that) is tragedy porn and unresolved relationship dynamics. It felt like a poly direction was being taken but heterosexual norms barfed all over it. I was particularly uncomfortable with Charlie and Finn referring me to Gena as their kid. I was left uncomfortable and like I had been queer baited. That is not the element of fandom that should be imitated (and yes that happens all too often). I just expected more.
It started to go off the rails a little when Gena's past was revealed. That I can forgive as well. Is much as if felt out of place and odd it was built towards and didn't seem to derail the story. It did set the ground work for that to happen though.
The true issue is the ending. It felt like a completely different story was being set up. All signs pointed towards fan girls falling for each other. What the pay off(if you can call it that) is tragedy porn and unresolved relationship dynamics. It felt like a poly direction was being taken but heterosexual norms barfed all over it. I was particularly uncomfortable with Charlie and Finn referring me to Gena as their kid. I was left uncomfortable and like I had been queer baited. That is not the element of fandom that should be imitated (and yes that happens all too often). I just expected more.
3.25 stars:
i.... well... i have to say friendship is good. it is beautiful. but why end the book JUST like that?? gimme mooooooree.
i.... well... i have to say friendship is good. it is beautiful. but why end the book JUST like that?? gimme mooooooree.
I am going to write this review in fangirl language, for I feel that this book deserves it, please excuse me.
I went into the book not knowing what to expect. I originally thought it was going to be a slash between the two main girls (And boy there were some moments where I totally thought it was going to go that way (ship! ship! ship! asdfghjkl!), but it was just friendship. ). But this book gave me the feels. Sure there were times where the characters felt so un-realistic, but at the same time I could relate so much like ahhhh. I am currently talking with another fangirl on tumblr, and this made me think about the good things about being in a fandom and about the friends I've made because of it. This book shows another side of what fandom can mean to people in a way that I haven't scene in any other of the fangirl books out there.
Now, one of the biggest issues I had while reading is finding where to read. Hopefully the formatting will get better when it is actually published but as of now I wasn't able to tell what was important to read or what was there for "decoration". Again some of the graphics weren't there, which might or might not have made a difference.
Ok now it's time to talk about the ending. Man, that was just really un-expected. I totally thought this book was going to go in a different direction but nope, you just had to kill of Zach. I just feel that wasn't really essential to the story, and having that plot just jump on to you so close to the end. It just ended like that too so... I guess I wish the story would have focused on that plot a bit more? I started to cry at the end when Finn and Gena (especially Gena) were just going through the endless pit of sadness. And then the book stopped.
Well this sorta turned into a rant. Sorry dignified people of Goodreads. This is why you can't let fangirls who can only rant, write reviews. Overall though, this was a good book and kudos to the authors who are fellow fangirls.
I went into the book not knowing what to expect. I originally thought it was going to be a slash between the two main girls (And boy there were some moments where I totally thought it was going to go that way (ship! ship! ship! asdfghjkl!), but it was just friendship. ). But this book gave me the feels. Sure there were times where the characters felt so un-realistic, but at the same time I could relate so much like ahhhh. I am currently talking with another fangirl on tumblr, and this made me think about the good things about being in a fandom and about the friends I've made because of it. This book shows another side of what fandom can mean to people in a way that I haven't scene in any other of the fangirl books out there.
Now, one of the biggest issues I had while reading is finding where to read. Hopefully the formatting will get better when it is actually published but as of now I wasn't able to tell what was important to read or what was there for "decoration". Again some of the graphics weren't there, which might or might not have made a difference.
Well this sorta turned into a rant. Sorry dignified people of Goodreads. This is why you can't let fangirls who can only rant, write reviews. Overall though, this was a good book and kudos to the authors who are fellow fangirls.
it took me exactly 2 hours and 17 min to read this book and now its 3:19 am and im crying.
it's beautiful, it's relatable and it's full of real emotions.
it's beautiful, it's relatable and it's full of real emotions.
I've never hated AND loved a book this much, ever before. Like whaaaa!