Fangirl — Rainbow Rowell

Blurb:

Cath is a Simon Snow fan.

Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...

But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... 

And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.For 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? Writing her own stories?

And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

Buku ini menceritakan tentang Cath — dan kembarannya, Wren, yang sifatnya berkontradiktif banget sama si Cath ini. Cath digambarkan sebagai cewek baik-baik, kikuk, pakai kacamata, dan lainnya, sementara Wren itu gaul abis dan suka mabok cinta. Intinya, mereka masuk di universitas yang sama karena Cath nggak mau jauh-jauh dari Wren, tapi pada akhirnya mereka nggak sekamar karena Rangga Wren jahat.

Cath itu jadi penulis di situs online gitu, dia bikin fanfiction dan biasanya Wren selalu bantuin dia. Nah, karena nggak ada Wren itu, dia jadi kehilangan arah dan juga takut ngapa-ngapain. Cath bahkan nggak tahu letak ruang makan kampus di mana, padahal dia bisa nanya alamat palsu ke temen satu kamarnya, Reagan.

Reagan ini punya mantan, namanya Levi, dan Levi ini masih jadi temen deket Reagan sehingga dia bisa bolak-balik sesuka hati di kamar Reagan dan Cath, terus Levi suka ganggu-ganggu Cath gitu, dan dari situlah cerita mereka dimulai HAHA

Daripada kebanyakan sop iler, mending kita langsung bahas ceritanya aja.

Menurut aku, Fangirl ini ceritanya seru, dan bener-bener mencerminkan kehidupan penulis fanfiction yang nggak jauh-jauh dari mengkhayal dan lainnya. Dan seperti cerita Rainbow Rowell yang lainnya, buku ini ada sedikit adegan mesum tapi bisa ditoleransi karena mereka udah gede HAHA dan juga aku suka sama tulisannya Mbak Rainbow karena karakter tokoh cowoknya selalu

cetar membahana

Mbak Syahrini bahkan setuju.

Aku merasa sangat amat nista karena baca buku ini via download pdf alias ebook jadi kayaknya agak kurang ajar juga kalo ngata-ngatain bukunya HAHA tapi emang sih, aku nggak lihat kesalahan apapun hmm

Selain karena ending yang udah sedikit ketebak, buku ini bikin ketagihan baca karena si Levi unyu banget kalau udah dengerin Cath buat bacain dongeng fanfic-nya itu.

saya terharu

Ada juga beberapa kutipan percakapan mereka yang sangat membekas dan melekat di otak;

"Cath...," he said. "I'm so sorry."
She wasn't quite sure what he was apologizing for. He looked up at her, from the top of his eyes, looking genuinely sorry - and sorry for her. "It was just a kiss," he said, pleating his forehead.
"Which one?" she asked.
Levi pushed his hands to the back of his head, and his bangs fell loose. "Both of them."

Jadi, si Levi ini nyium cewek lain setelah dia nyium Cath, dan Levi bilang kalo dua-duanya itu cuma sekadar ciuman, dan bukan sesuatu yang lebih dari itu. Tapi, ternyata akhirnya Levi menyadari kekeliruannya dan akhirnya;

"It means ... I really like you." His hand was in his hair again. Just the one. Holding it back. "Like, really like you. And I want that kiss to have been the start of something. Not the end."

Omigod.

"I miss you."
"That's stupid," she said. "I saw you this morning."
"It's not the time," Levi said, and she could hear that he was smiling. "It's the distance."

Banyak banget scene ucul lainnya, tapi aku nggak mau sop iler lagi. Jadi, untuk mengakhiri review nggak jelas ini, aku mau kasih tiga dari lima bintang buat Simon dan Baz!

Bye!