![]() ![]() Zappia writes as if she has grown up in fandom. ![]() It’s a novel that left me feeling a bit perplexed, so we’ll set it at a good 3/5 stars. On thee other, it feels as though Zappia has overcorrected for some choices she made for fundamental parts of the narrative. On the one hand, Monsters has some pretty accurate portrayals of parts of online fandom. By necessity, this review will have to spoil some things. From there, it’s about relationships, a few revelations, and more. ![]() Her protagonist is Eliza Mirk, the creator of Monstrous Sea - a webcomic that has since spawned the kind of revenue such that Eliza doesn’t really need to worry about college, readers are told - who meets a new boy at school. Francesca Zappia’s Monsters comes at it from a slightly different perspective, however. However, it did codify that it was okay to write a novel about the nature of fandom. Fangirl may not have been the first novel of its kind. ![]() Not even an emailed press release denies this. By Cheryl Wassenaar 5 years ago Eliza and Her Monsters is a relatively complex novel that ultimately leaves a reader feeling somewhat unsatisfied at the end of the story.Įliza and Her Monsters comes out of the tradition of Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. ![]()
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