An incredibly dull book, with next to no storyline, characters with as much depth as a teaspoon, and plot progression so slow one it was excruciating to complete this book. 
 It was also sprinkled with pop culture references that did not fit in with the actual context of the book and served no purpose other than to mollify younger readers with references belonging to their era. 
 Fangirl was a contemporary young-adult novel like any other, save the tiny detail regarding the protagonist's hobby of writing 'fanfic' about her favourite 'ship' from the fictional book series narrating the adventures of one Simon Snow. (A very obvious Harry Potter rip-off; yes, we all know). Reading about the protagonist was like scratching dry wall as Cath Avery brought to mind Bella Swan, with even less page presence, if that's possible. 
 In my humble opinion, the only reason the book racked up as many readers as it did was because of the fangirl factor which most fanfic lovers lapped up instantly. Other than that the book has nothing to recommend it other than a host of all the situations used and used repeatedly in all Hollywood flicks and YA novels. 
 Lastly, Levi's rather over-the-top devotion to Cath brought to mind a line from Drake's verse in the Rihanna song, Work, being "If you had a twin, I would still choose you."