A review by questingnotcoasting
Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah Ewens

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this. Ewens explores a lot of different music fandoms spanning a range of genres, including One Direction, Beyoncé, Courtney Love, My Chemical Romance, Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse. I liked the way she mixed her own personal experience of fandom with more objective, unjudgmental journalism. I found it a very effective challenge to the mocking way society views teenage girls' interests and the narrative of hysterical fangirls. All the chapters were fascinating but because it's quite a short book sometimes I wished there was more depth to the discussions. However I still highly recommend it, whether you think you can relate to the fangirl experience or not. 
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