Title: Carry On
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 528
Publisher: Macmillan
Release date: 25th February 2016
Blurb from Goodreads:
Simon Snow just wants to relax and savor his last year at
the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up
with him, his best friend is a pest, and his mentor keeps trying to hide him
away in the mountains where maybe he’ll be safe. Simon can’t even enjoy the
fact that his roommate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can’t stop
worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual
evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you’re the most powerful magician
the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savor anything.
Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story — but far, far more monsters.
My Review:
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest
review. Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley*
It's Simon Snow's final year at Watford School of Magicks
and it seems like everything is against him - his girlfriend dumps him, his
room-mate/enemy is nowhere to be seen (which can't be a good thing) and the
headmaster wants Simon to leave the school to protect him from the Insidious
Humdrum. Throw in some vampires, ghosts and the fact that Simon can't control
his powers, and things are bound to go badly.
Will Simon learn to control his powers?
Will Baz return to Watford?
Who is the Insidious Humdrum?
After reading and liking Fangirl I was excited to read Carry
On but I have mixed feelings about it.
I didn't like Simon. I thought he was a bit boring and he
didn't really have much personality.
My favourite characters were Penny and Baz.
The story took a while to get going and I didn't think the
book needed to be as long as it was, especially seeing as I found myself losing
interest and started skim-reading at the end.
The storyline was okay but I did guess a few things that
happened, however I was surprised by some things.
It was interesting reading from different characters’ points
of view but there were points where there were too many changes in POVs in a
short space of time which disrupted the pace for me.
Overall this was an okay but disappointing read.
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