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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell



Book Review


Title: Carry On (Simon Snow #1)


Author: Rainbow Rowell


Genre: YA/Fantasy/LGBT


Rating: DNF


Review: So Simon Snow if the same character that Cath, from Fangirl, writes about in her fanfiction and while this novel is reminiscent of Harry Potter, I was still excited to read it as it features a gay romance with a vampire. The opening of Carry On, introduced us to Simon Snow, who is the Chosen One but probably the worst chosen one in history as he seems to have little to no control over his magic. Simon attended Watford School of Magicks with his best friend Penny, girlfriend Agatha, and his nemesis, rival and roommate Baz. Simon is very different from Harry Potter as he is quite cynical and puts himself down a lot while Harry is naïve and quite humble and despite their similar upbringings, the difference is clear from the outset.


 

It seems there are several prophecies about Simon, but none seem to match the boy himself. His main enemy is the Humdrum and while we don’t have much information about this entity yet, it is able to shapeshift and at the moment he is wearing Simon’s face making his life even more difficult. Thrown into the mash of perspectives is that of Lucy who seems to be a ghost or something similar who appears to Simon briefly, but he believes he is dreaming, and she mentions having many things to tell him but her voice doesn’t carry and as Simon is an orphan it makes me think that this could be his mother but only time will tell whether or not this is true.


So actually I DNF’d this book at 16% it is the second time I have tried to read Carry On, but I didn’t like the writing style and when I switched to the audiobook, I absolutely hated the narrator. I may try to read it again in the future but that is a big maybe.

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