It included a fake Wikipedia article about the Simon Snow series and excerpts from Cath’s fanfictions about said series. Imagine my surprise when the graphic novel adaptation was more fun to read than the novel it’s based on.įangirl the prose novel was, well, wordy. I had read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell a few years ago and liked… some aspects of it, but mostly I was intensely curious how a novel that was so in its protagonist’s head and so heavily about writing could possibly be adapted to a visual medium in a way that communicated the same information. When I saw this book existed, I screamed out loud and then begged for a review copy. Fangirl Rainbow Rowell (author), Sam Maggs (adaptation writer), Gabi Nam (artist) Unlike the source material, the graphic novelization of Fangirl is a beautiful, contemplative, and fun reading experience. 1 tells the story of Cath, a popular fanfiction author struggling with adjusting to her first semester at college, meeting new people, and growing apart from her twin sister. 1 by Rainbow Rowell, Sam Maggs, and Gabi Nam adapts Rainbow Rowell’s original novel to a manga-inspired, black-and-white graphic novel for VIZ’s new imprint VIZ Originals.
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