4.5/5

Part celebration and part memoir, this book is about joy, and loving the things that bring us joy unabashedly and without shame. Fox weaves together her own personal experiences with not only Harry but also with pop culture, alongside the way that Harry has impacted fans around the world. She includes anecdotes about favourite songs, experiences seeing Harry in concert and the way he embraces and includes everyone.

Fox also talks about the way society places values on women’s interests- men’s hobbies often take them out of the house for large stretches of time- golf, recreational sports, boys trips, poker night. Women’s interests are expected to “blend into domestic life” and I’ve never thought about it that way. I have experienced the infantilization of women’s interests though, and it was validating to read about it in this book.

As a Harry fan turning forty this year, I really enjoyed this!

Thank you to NetGalley, and to Pen & Sword for “granting my wish” to read this one early!

Keris Fox explores what it means to be a fan, especially as a middle-aged woman, in The Harry Styles Effect. If you've read Dederer's 'Monsters', this is a more readable, less try-hard and an ultimately positive and upbeat book about art and the artist.

A glorious tribute to fandom, friends and - obviously - Harry Styles.

Such a wonderful book on one of the greatest talents in today’s modern culture Harry Styles. Enjoyed reading this beyond belief! Full of great information (some I don’t even know as a Harry superfan) I highly enjoyed this!