Gena/Finn

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Hannah Moskowitz: Gena/Finn (2016, Chronicle Books LLC)

287 pages

English language

Published Nov. 18, 2016 by Chronicle Books LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-4521-3839-8
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Told through emails, text messages, journal entries, and blog posts, two fans of a popular TV show become friends online, but soon realize the bond between them is more than fan fiction in this story of friendship and love through social media in the digital age.

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The more I think about this book, the more it frustrates me.

Maybe I was just under the wrong impression about what this book was going to be, but I expected more of a F/F romance than what it actually was.

The leap between friendship and feelings happened so suddenly, and then ended as quickly as it happened. It just felt... really strange. I didn't think either Gena or Finn knew what they actually wanted from each other and that just left me feeling confused about what I wanted from it.

It almost felt like two books; a fandom novel, and a F/F romance had kinda been diluted and mixed together. It left it being overly dramatic with weird payoffs. There were definitely unexpected twists and turns but I'm not sure that's a good thing.

The fandom elements of this book were great in the first half, but then it …

Subjects

  • Fan fiction
  • Social media
  • Love
  • Computers
  • Fiction
  • Television programs
  • Authorship
  • Friendship