Although I’ve never read Harry Potter, the series of novels Cath had been reading seemed quite similar but Cath and many others in the fandom were rather devoted to a romance between the series’ protagonist Simon Snow and his sort of nemesis/the antagonist, Simon’s room mate Baz. If you’ve read Rainbow Rowell’s novel Fangirl then you might remember that main character Cath was writing fan fiction whilst awaiting the final novel in a fantasy series that she and her sister had been reading since they were children. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story-but far, far more monsters.
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.Ĭarry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. 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. Likewise, Rowell takes familiar power dynamics common in this genre, such as a seemingly benevolent figurehead, innocent bystanders who are caught up in something bigger than them, and the idea of “The Greater Good,” and exposes the problematic aspects that are not typically dealt with.Blurb The characters are allowed to explore their relationships and identities, ranging from the complications of knowing you are queer and unwelcome as such in your family, to deciding what it means to be someone’s “happily ever after” and if it’s practical to have your life mapped out at eighteen, to not knowing what your attraction means and what label you fall under. Unlike other novels with the same aspects, however, Rowell examines the effects those dynamics have on the characters, addressing issues such as mistrust, residual trauma, grief, sexuality, and unrealistic expectations.
On the surface, Carry On seems to mirror other stories similar to it, with tropes such as a love triangle and an enemies to lovers arch.
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