Carry On

Rainbow Rowell

Oct 2015 · Simon Snow Trilogy Book 1 · Sold by St. Martin's Griffin

About this ebook

#1 New York Times bestselling author!
Booklist Editors’ Choice 2015 - Youth!
Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer!

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. 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.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

Ratings and reviews

The author does SO MUCH exposure that when the plot twist drops, there is ZERO impact. Plot tension remained the same level throughout. Agatha only does what the plot needs her to do, and nothing more; I'd only glance through when it is her POV. The constant change in POV, even when not doing so would have yielded the SAME context, would break my immersion of what's going on. While everyone says Agatha is written better in the next book, I don't have faith in the author's writing after reading this from beginning to end.

Etwas schwer am Anfang zu verstehen wenn man ,,Fangirl" nicht gelesen hat. Nach einiger Zeit stört es jedoch nicht mehr. Es ist eine geniale Geschichte die nicht die klassische ,,Junge ist Held und bekommt das Mädchen" Story umfasst und die Welt der Magie mal ganz anders beschreibt.

Didn't really now what I was getting into when I started reading the book. I was unsure the first few chapters, but the characters, the story, the universe and the smart, quirky and fun way of casting magic had me glued to the book. Before I realized it, I was reading the epilogue. Simon Snow is a great protagonist, the story has some nice twists (some of the obvious plot lines actually help make the real twists feel more rewarding) and I just loved the way they portrait the characters in general.

About the author

Rainbow Rowell writes books. Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments and Landline). Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On). But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they're screwing up. And people who fall in love.