So this was the first book from my Uppercase subscription I read, and I immediately 100% trust Uppercase's selections from here on out. 
 But while I Love This Book, this book also has no point. That doesn't make it any less enjoyable and funny and full of great characters, but the messages it brings up aren't particularly ground-breaking or eye opening. It's just kind of a classic misanthropic journey. BTW the observations of said misanthrope are side-splitting, so I can forgive it. But the romance seemed kind of tacked on, the feminist revelations were a bit preachy, and I didn't feel there was that much of a change or plot to make it the story it was trying to be. 
 This book was fun for someone who has the feminist groundwork that I have, but at a certain point, it sets up this self-respecting, outspoken girl who suddenly gets slapped with "your brand of feminism is problematic" right out of left field and it is jarring. Especially when there were flaws to her feminism, especially in this white-feminist snark fest that I otherwise enjoyed, but when the issue is she was mean to another white girl who had been lashing out at her with incredibly inappropriate poverty jokes the whole novel, I did not feel like that was the problem. Scarlett is very much meant to be a likable character, to the point that she never actually does everything wrong, and the story kind of has to scramble for her to learn something after not fucking up all that much. 
 This book, if anything, made me want to read Anna Breslaw's blog or something. The observations were really funny, it's a good character to spend time with in short form. Would have liked more plot and purpose. But all these characters are great, especially Ruth. Like I said, I love it, it just felt a both too fatty and bony at the same time. Maybe one more draft would have really made this perfect. 
 That being said, it was less long-winded and more purposeful than Fangirl. And the fanfiction was less indulgent. So it has several points going for it against that.