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A review by ultramarine316
Gena/Finn by Kat Helgeson, Hannah Moskowitz
3.0
I'm really torn about this book. The first half I loved; it got fandom right and told the story of a friendship between two women who meet via their shared love of a TV show.
But then the second half seemed like a fan fiction based on what had been established in the first half, and a really dark angsty one.
Perhaps this was intentional and was meant as a commentary on fan fiction tropes but if it was, then I can't figure out what the intended message was, other than "you should feel bad for liking hurt/comfort fic because you wouldn't like it if horrible things happened to you or people you care about."
I don't think that was what was intended, I think the author just wanted to work in elements she liked from fanfiction/felt that the story needed drama. But that was way, way too much drama.
But then the second half seemed like a fan fiction based on what had been established in the first half, and a really dark angsty one.
Perhaps this was intentional and was meant as a commentary on fan fiction tropes but if it was, then I can't figure out what the intended message was, other than "you should feel bad for liking hurt/comfort fic because you wouldn't like it if horrible things happened to you or people you care about."
I don't think that was what was intended, I think the author just wanted to work in elements she liked from fanfiction/felt that the story needed drama. But that was way, way too much drama.