12/28/2022 0 Comments Carry on rainbow rowell mobilismThen when he did turn up he just yearns after Simon for a couple of chapters before it’s all, oh hello, they’re a full on couple now, time to push that to the side and get back to the incredibly confusing plot line. Which in the excerpts in Fangirl was all passionate and exciting and dramatic, but in Carry On went out with more of a whimper.įor starters there was no Baz at all for the first third of the book. And a combination of that and the sheer speed at which I was reading meant I found it a little tricky to keep track of who everyone was and what they were doing.īut let’s not kid ourselves, I wasn’t really reading it to find out about Simon fulfilling his destiny, defeating the Insidious Humdrum, working out his relationship with the Mage and the internal wars between the wealthiest families I was reading it for the Simon/Baz love story. In Carry On we just get thrown in at the deep end with all these different characters and relationships and world building. So there’s already been seven books of back story to build up the plot. Because of course when Cath is writing about Simon Snow in Fangirl it’s supposed be just before the release of the eighth installment. The fact that Carry On is a spin-off from another book I do think caused some problems right from the get-go. Instead of Dumbledore we have the Mage, instead of Voldemort, the Insidious Humdrum, and Ron and Hermione are rolled up into a neat little Penelope Bunce shaped package. Instead of Harry Potter we have Simon Snow, who’s main character traits seem to be eating and obsessing over his roommate and arch nemesis, Baz, who is probably a vampire. Fangirl is the story of Cath, a college freshman and writer of Simon Snow fanfiction – which is a thinly veiled Harry Potter rip-off. In case you’ve never read Carry On or Fangirl and somehow managed to avoid all the crazy hype surrounding every tiny thing Rainbow Rowell does, let me add a bit of context. Why they had a copy I have no idea but it made my heart do little leaps of happiness. I practically ran home after work (only practically – even Baz can’t get me to exercise) so that I could sink my teeth into it.ĭid it live up to expectations? No. But that didn’t stop me binge reading it in two days straight. And there, snuggled between Plato’s Republic and textbooks on macroeconomics, was this wedge of bright pink YA fantasy nonsense. I had resigned myself to a long long wait before I would actually find a copy of this second hand when for some reason I thought to check the university library. But the intention was there and that says a lot. Unbelievable, I know. I got as close as standing in the Waterstones queue holding a copy in my hand when my true cheapskate self prevailed. I have been desperate to read this book from the moment I finished Fangirl. Actually from about three chapters in to Fangirl. So desperate was I get to my hands on it that I actually considered buying it full price. And Carry On is not a good name for a fantasy book, it’s a film franchise from the 1960s where mice run up women’s skirts and everything’s an innuendo. Watford is not a magical school, it’s a slightly dodgy part of North-West London. Baz is not a suitable name for a supervillain, it’s a guy off Jeremy Kyle with 4 missing teeth, 6 kids and a girlfriend who might also be his mother. Firstly, I just need to get some things off my chest.
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