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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

37 reviews

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Classism, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief, Kidnapping, and Racism

_fathimanourin1234_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

The love story between Baz and Simon is very tender and adventurous. They both are like enemies at first, then lovers. But they had a connection from the beginning. Like, Baz always liked him. For simon,

he was worried of Baz when he was not there with him in his room. Baz was missing, he was kidnapped. But Simon was always worried of him.

 

Their first kiss was also so sweet to read. They both were confused. But they both were ready for that kiss. And simon realising, identifying, and accepting himself as he is. It was amazing to read.

I love Penelope or Penny's character. She is a sassy girl. I love her for that. She loves Simon. She cares for him. She's always there for him. I wish I had a penny in my life.
As for Agatha, I don't like her. I don't know what's actually her problem? One time, she's saying she likes Simon and she also wants Baz as her lover.

She was so jealous of Baz and Simon. OMG! I really hated her in that parts.

Overall this is a 5★ read for me. This book will be my second favourite fantasy book ❤️. I waiting to read the second one. This book is actually apt for beginners.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and War

Minor: Death of parent

tobythegoblin1130's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia, Bullying, and Blood

eenicem's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying and War

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So good! Normally I find multi POVs to be a bit tiring, but I liked the pacing and short sections in this book. I liked the characters and romance and friendships.

It felt a bit like Harry Potter, but like if Harry and Draco got together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Classism, Cursing, and Homophobia

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much! And the audiobook had the best narration I've ever heard! The narrator did an amazing job making every character sound completely distinct. I'm glad they kept this narrator for the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

reinik's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Mental illness, and Confinement

danny_fox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

When I tell you that I ate this book up-

I have never been so interested in a book that I read it in 3 days, especially a book that has 500 pages.

I adored everything about this book. The characters, the world, the plot, oh my gooood.

I cannot believe this book isn't more popular. I NEED this book to be more popular.

Definitely became one of my all time favorites, and can already see myself coming back to it in the future.

Baz and Simon have officially become my new comfort characters <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, War, Car accident, and Cursing

snackattackisback69's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

nonidude's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

I had high expectations, and unfortunately was less than obsessed. I think I'm just not a fan of Rainbow Rowell's writing both her style and choices.

First thing that made me actually upset? That I started this book and felt lost, like I was thrown into the middle of the the story with less than enough information to make sense. I had so many questions! At one point the book happened to flop open and I saw the Author's Note at the end of the book where it starts out, "If you've read my book Fan Girl, you know that Simon Snow began as a fictional character in that novel...." WHAT? I looked it up and it said they were independent of each other, but I wondered... Luckily I had that one in my TBR stack and so paused this reading to read that, and sure enough through the excerpts in that book, it shed light on some of the world of Simon Snow to help me not feel as lost which is frustrating since this is supposed to be an independent read.

I've heard this book described at Harry Potter but gay. Eh I see A LOT of similarities, but idk. I'd love to hear what someone who enjoyed the HP series thinks of this. Imo it's less scary than HP but the kids are ironically more normal (they kiss and cuss).

I was really confused with the romance. It seemed random and all of a sudden, but this is also a book that apparently had many books before it in this fictional series, so I'm sure you don't get the whole picture here.

It was a lot of nothing. The last 150 pages or so were probably my favorite.

Overall, not a bad book, but didn't leave me feeling WOW. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Stalking

Moderate: Homophobia and War

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cursing, and Bullying