(Side note, vampirism being a real word makes me love English.) I knew this was going to be a slash story so I wasn’t surprised by his inner monologue or the direction of the story, but if kissing between two men is something you don’t want to read, then I would skip this story as it’s prominent.Īs I’ve felt before, it’s hard to relate to the characters in fantastical novels such as Carry On. I thought it was very telling of his upbringing when he said his father was more comfortable with his vampirism than his homosexuality. His family life was heart-wrenching and every time his mother was brought up, I was sad for him. He had to put up with a lot of crap from everyone around him and his wall of sarcastic superiority made sense. I stand neutral on this topic.īaz was my favorite character by far. I like Agatha, as I said, but the others had a parallel strong enough to recognize and it’s hard to say she developed them well or not. It’s hard for me to think of Rowell’s characters in this novel as truly original because of that. One of the things that make writing Fan Fiction a gateway to writing original fiction is that you can play with plot and not worry about developing characters to start. Is this getting too Fangirl now? I’ll move on. I liked Agatha because she didn’t have a direct parallel in the cannon (and yes, I’m thinking of it that way). Just think about that.) Baz was a great character, but this is coming from a Malfoy fangirl. (Side note, there are as of writing this 99 Fan Fics on about Carry On. I do believe Rowell was inspired by HP fics, but she did a great job of twisting the world into something completely her own. The more I got into the plot, the more different it was.
Sounding more and more like a set of eight movies I own. His best friend is a fiendishly smart girl and the person who takes care of animals around campus is an unlikely friend of his. I may or may not have read seven books about this already. An average-Joe chosen one who’s orphaned at a young age is being mentored by his school’s headmaster to fight the greatest evil of the age. So yes, it started off sounding way too much like Harry Potter. 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. 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. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.
Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen. Other books by Rainbow Rowell reviewed on my blog:
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