It’s safe to say that Carry On manages to find its own magic along the way, establishing a world that moves beyond just mirroring Harry Potter. It’s necessarily self-conscious, and Rainbow Rowell never takes herself too seriously. That being said, Simon’s slow awakening to his sexuality is somewhat…well, slow: apparently it’s obvious to everyone except him and the will-he-won’t-he drags its heels a little too long.Ĭarry On’s delight is more comic than it is dark, choosing to gently jibe the world’s bestselling children’s series. It’s nice to see a novel that is driven more story than by sexuality – contemporary coming out novels still dominate LGBT fiction, and Carry On is realistic without dwelling or relying on the drama of coming out to drive its narrative. And people who feel like theyre screwing up. But she always writes about people who talk a lot. Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On). Talking of gay, let’s discuss the LGBT development of Baz and Simon. Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments and Landline). ![]() Its all about the meta, to put it simply. Its based off of fan-fiction, about a fictional novel series, in another fiction novel, and can be related to the Harry Potter series by a sort of painting by numbers technique, if you like. ![]() Still, if you’re willing to accept this Taming-of-the-Shew style romance-come-rivalry you’ll be rewarded with 10 Things I Hate About You, gay wizard style. Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell, is a book that is meta in its concept. It’s a conflict that – allegedly – spans every year since they started at Watford School of Magicks, but is never really explained and doesn’t make altogether much sense. Off to a slow start, Carry On takes its time establishing the conflict between Simon – our Chosen One – and roommate Baz – a vampire. Irreverent and tongue-in-cheek, Carry On has its own kind of heart that makes this pastiche a warm novel you can’t help but smile about. Harry Potter has become such a large part of our cultural consciousness that Rainbow Rowell’s obvious spoof is brilliant in and of itself.
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