Name: Carry On (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series)
Rating: 4.187790197764402 (1163 reviews)
ISBN: 9781410484161

Rainbow Rowell

Carry On (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series)

Carry On (Simon Snow Series)

Michael Shearin

I disagree that this is a Harry Potter fan fiction. It more closely resembles “The Magicians” over the Wizarding World. Before Baz was introduced, it was hard to remain interested because the main character, Simon, was obsessed with finding his arch nemesis who he believed one day would actually kill him. This is a fun fantasy but you need to suspend all belief and accept this as a dream type world. Once that’s done, it’s a nice time. 

Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour 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 room-mate 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 savour anything.Based on the characters Simon and Baz who featured in Rainbow Rowell's bestselling Fangirl, 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.

Carry On

Jill

The second Rainbow Rowell book I didn’t hate!!! Feel like I’m being quite generous this year only it’s just the second quarter and I still have a long list of TBR. Anyway, did anyone else get a Harry Potter-y vibe while reading this? Sounded like a pretty decent fanfic albeit the slow beginning. Can’t wait for book two that’s coming out this year!!

Tiff W

I couldn't put this book down! I literally read until my eyes hurt too much to read on. I'd been waiting ages to read this, after first falling in love with Simon and Baz in Fangirl, and I was not disappointed! Although Carry On is very reminiscent of the Harry Potter series, Rainbow Rowell takes on magic in her own fun style, with new spells and monsters. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who's read Fangirl or anyone who misses that childhood dream of magic.

vindhya

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.

the rise and fall of Simon Snow

Carry on

I loved this so hard. Baz was probably my favorite. He is a cinnamon roll hiding in vinegar. There was so much sass in this book and it was delightful. I will say that as things were revealed the light funnyness tanked into a kind of dark place, but not super bad. It was just unexpected. 

Alex Landau

I loved this so hard. Baz was probably my favorite. He is a cinnamon roll hiding in vinegar. There was so much sass in this book and it was delightful. I will say that as things were revealed the light funnyness tanked into a kind of dark place, but not super bad. It was just unexpected. 

It was really good though. Loved it. 

Ryan Mateyk

I enjoyed it but I didn't really understand Simon and Baz's relationship (because it doesn't really make any sense to me)... hatred is actually masking unrequited love that turns out not to be so unrequited? I don't. .. get it?

This books is screamin' gaeeee, i mean i ain't complaining.

Sarah Sammis

★★★★☆
4.00.STARS 

The first few pages were quite confusing for me. Actually, I can pinpoint some other parts of the story other than the first few pages that made me re-read it for a couple of times to actually understand it. Personally, it also didn't have a very established magic system or whatsoever for this kind of magical/fantasy story. 

BUT, looking passed that certain flaw, I definitely love this book. It has a kind of humor that fits me so well. The bickering and insulting between Simon and Baz is just so adorable. I just felt from the get go that there's probably something that might happen between these two with that sort of intense connection. I just so love their interactions so much I barely noticed the flaws I mentioned. 

I am definitely waiting for the next book to come out because I want more of Simon and Baz 💞💞

chloe rae

3.5*

This book wasn't what I was expecting. I'm not sure what expectations I originally had but this book surprised me, both in a good way and a bad way. I thought I was going to absolutely LOVE this book, and while I really liked it and enjoyed it, it didn't quite have the effect I imagined. And I have a couple reasons why:
-The beginning of this book was pretty awful. It was super long and pretty boring and I just kept asking, "When is something going to happen? Is ANYTHING going to happen?!" It didn't get good until a certain main character finally joined the party. From then on I was hooked but it took a while to get there.
-Agatha felt very unnecessary and I don't really understand why she was there. Also, she was annoying.
-I hated their spells. This might seem like a weird issue to have but for some reason I found their way of casting spells to be ridiculous and I had a hard time taking their magic seriously because of it.
-The multiple perspectives were unnecessary at times.
Those are a few problems I had with this book.
Now, things I LOVED:
-SIMON AND BAZ
-Penny
-MORESIMONANDBAZ
Baz was honestly the best character in this whole book. Simon could be pretty annoying but Baz is just PRECIOUS. I'm still not totally sure how to rate this book because I really liked and enjoyed it, but it definitely wasn't my favorite Rainbow Rowell read. I'm glad I read it though, and oh man, I just ship Baz and Simon. Can we just talk about how cute they are? Forever? K, thanks.

Deepika Ramesh

I loved 'Carry On'. My thoughts on the book here: http://worncorners.com/2016/01/28/car...

Ally

yeah yeah ok ok ok got some really nice moments in here but some spots felt a little lacking

also the part where simon says (not direct quote) ~"I put my hand up because I feel like he needs to be stopped, but I don't know why he is letting me"

Janka

I just loved this book so much! I read it two times now and plan to read it a third time just so I can enjoy the fantastic world Rainbow Rowell created again.
I'm reeeally looking forward to the sequel and what Rowell does to the characters!
Would 100% recommend, especially if you liked Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and/or Harry Potter.

it was okay. i need another book of the events prior to the beginning of this book.

ꕀ *🫖

(first time writing a legit review please do not hatecrime me thanx)
I think this review may be a little biased but holy shit did I enjoy the heck out of Carry On! The full impact of this reading experience has carried on (ahem ahem) for several days since I'd finished the book, and I'm crafting a spotify playlist for Simon and Baz as I speak. I feel a lot of emotions/unlocked some new ones for this book because it brought me out of my 5-year reading slump. 

Onto the book: it's a 4.5/5 for me ／(=✪㉨✪=)＼
Maybe I was initially warded off(?) because I kept comparing it to the Potterverse but I knew it was different when Simon could not shut up about Baz lol. And the number of clichéd tropes done right!! The world building just felt very vivid to me and I could feel the characters' emotions too. It's true what other reviews are saying, this is one of those books that make you take a pause from reading to just squeal because of scenes that smash into you like a cement truck that's really like a TARDIS and contains even more cement trucks on the inside. I'm super excited to read the rest of the trilogy but, as always, am also slightly devastated that I'll eventually finish it. But for now, I'm going to cherish the mystery of the future that lies ahead.

Come for the make-outs and stay for the magic - The Atlantic Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour 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 room-mate 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 savour anything. Based on the characters Simon and Baz who featured in Rainbow Rowell's bestselling Fangirl, 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.

erin

The magic system was interesting but underdeveloped. It played with Harry Potter tropes in a somewhat interesting way. But when it comes right down to it, I've read better written novel-length fanfic, and that didn't require me to suffer through rotating 1st person POVs.

Carry On (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series)

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