The characters did not feel real. Liv was selfish and awful for most of the book, if slightly better in the second half. I wanted to like Xander, but he didn't feel like a real person. Fandom was not illustrated in a healthy way in terms of Liv, or even an interesting way even if we weren't being unhealthy about it. But we are supposed to be on her side when she detaches from life for months over a character, lets her grades drop in school, ect. There are parts of fandom that are completely spot on, and I'm glad Stone illustrated the good and the bad,but it just didn't strike the right tone. And the plotting, which could have been fun, just didn't seem to have a real sense of adventure or urgency. 
 I love fandom, but this wasn't the fandom book for me.