As a reader, I was engrossed in the text and the plot, and found myself rooting for the unlikely character the book positions you first to hate. It was a truly readable experience, and each page drifted by easily. Carry On provides a different perspective on fantasy and on the norm, and is able to reach out to new audiences and form connections with groups who are underrepresented. It felt as though it was ripping off a story I love, but as I continued reading I was able to see that it was a different take on the genre that so many have connected to. When I first opened up the book and started reading, I was shocked at the similarities it held to Harry Potter. But would I recommend it to a friend, especially one looking for a book that has characters that aren’t strictly heterosexual? Definitely. Did it have its fair share of cheesy/cringey moments? Yes. Was it the best writing I’ve ever read? No.
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Let me start off by saying I enjoyed reading Carry On. Listen Free to Carry On audiobook by Rainbow Rowell with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. While the first half reads as expository-heavy, the popularity of Carry On demonstrated a readership for more LGBTQIA+ literature in the mainstream and set a trilogy in motion. As the magical war rushes toward a seemingly destined track, both boys must react or risk the destruction of everything they love.Īs a response to the heteronormativity of Harry Potter, Carry On offers readers another choice to consider in the world-risking, wizard-school genre, crafted as fanfiction, one of the leading access points for LGBTQIA+ readers to recreate media to see reflections of themselves. He did not choose to be a Chosen One, though, just as Baz did not choose to be positioned against Simon. Set in the meta environment of an alternate universe character writing fanfiction about her universe’s Harry Potter, the screw-subtext versions of canonically straight characters, Carry On launches immediately into a rewrite of the final book in the series, relying on readers to fill in the rest.Ĭentered around the “worst Chosen One,” Simon and his suspected vampire of a roommate Baz, the book opens with a world plagued by a powerful magic thief which Simon is destined to defeat. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.Whether it’s choosing a family or being the “worst Chosen One to ever live,” the question of choice in the face of “destiny” constantly claws its way to the surface throughout Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On (2013). Heavy spoiler alert If you haven’t read Carry On, desperately want to, and read this review first, you really only have yourself to blame for what happens next. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here-it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.Ĭarry On is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery. Rainbow Rowell, Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face.
Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. While Baz might be evil, and a fanged vampire, and as much as he is a complete git, he’s probably right. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.
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