My favorite character in the book, Fangirl, is Cath, who is the main character. Cath, and her twin sister, Wren, are both fans of a book series called Simon Snow, and they write fanfiction about it. They do almost everything together and they are best friends.
As they get older, Wren seems to be growing away from the Simon Snow fandom. When they go to college, Wren decides not to be Cath's roommate, and thinks that she and her sister should meet new people. "Cath was sitting at the foot of the bed, trying not to look like the Pathetic One Who Always Cries. 'This is college,' Wren persisted. 'The whole point of college is meeting new people.'" (Page 6) Cath is not used to being somewhere new without her sister on her side at every moment.
Cath reminds me of a character from another book where the main character had a best friend who she did almost everything with, but she had to move. She learned to make new friends and not stay away from everyone else, even though she is upset about moving and doesn't know anybody where she moved. The reason that Cath reminds me of this character is that her situation seems very similar to the character's.
I like this character because she realizes that the world is not over just because she is not always with her twin sister anymore and is being told that she needs to grow up and meet new people. She makes new friends and meets new people without having Wren always on her side or thinking that she needs to leave the Simon Snow fandom and stop writing fanfiction in order to do that.
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