Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Moriré Besando a Simon Snow / Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

54 reviews

ajsterkel's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

This book was my most-anticipated release of 2015, but I was still nervous about it because the Simon Snow parts of Fangirl seemed so over-the-top ridiculous.

It turns out that Carry On is ridiculous, but it’s ridiculous in the most epic way possible. Seriously, this book is over 500 pages, and I blew through it in two days because I loved it so much. I want to talk about everything in this review, but I can’t because of spoilers. (And the review would be ten pages long.)

So, Carry On is the final book in the “fictional” Simon Snow series from Fangirl. Simon is a wizard in his final year of magic school, and he has a lot of problems. He’s struggling in his classes, being ignored by his mentor, arguing with his girlfriend, and being harassed by his evil vampire roommate, Baz. To make things worse, Simon is the Chosen One who is supposed to save the magical world.

This book is a standalone, so you can read it without reading Fangirl. However, if you haven’t read Harry Potter, you might miss a lot of the humor. This book feels like a Harry Potter parody. That’s why I love it so much. I’m a fan of anything related to Harry Potter, even parodies.

Rainbow Rowell does amazing things with fantasy tropes. This book really lets you see how ridiculous and overused some of them are. Rainbow Rowell flips the tropes on their heads. Simon is an incompetent Chosen One. Baz is a loveable villain. The magic system is silly. The witches and wizards drive cars, own laptops, accidently forget their wands at home, rely on Google to solve their problems, and talk like modern teenagers. This book is full of literal laugh-out-loud moments. Like all of Rainbow Rowell’s books, the dialogue and characters are on-point.

Other than Simon and Baz, my favorite character is Agatha. I like that she doesn’t want to be Simon’s sidekick or his happily ever after. She knows herself, and she knows what she wants in life. I also really like Baz. This story is told from multiple points-of-view, and his was my favorite. He’s hilariously sarcastic.

There is a love story in this novel. I’m not the biggest fan of romance in books, but this one didn’t bother me. The book has enough politics and mystery to keep the love story from being the only focus of the plot. I also care about the characters enough that I didn’t mind seeing them fall in love.

I can’t find too much to criticize. If this book doesn’t mesh with your sense of humor, you might have a hard time “getting” it. I wish the ending had been a little clearer. I wanted more explanation about a few things. Also, some of the first-person POV voices sounded very similar, so I sometimes had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to remember whose POV I was in. None of those issues are big problems for me. I enjoyed this book.

If you’re a fan of Rainbow Rowell, fantasy fiction, or Harry Potter, you need to read Carry On. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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: Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

gentleprocrastination's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

gayshipsandanxiety's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

gay wizards <33

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

quasinaut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

A delightful reread, though I've never really understood why Simon

is the Insidious Humdrum

. Wraps up rather too quickly without an explanation that works for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

wet_towlette's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I enjoyed the middle of this book like it was a fucking five star read,  it definitely wasn’t that but, regardless the middle was extraordinarily entertaining and the romance was, subjectively, one of the best “enemies” to lovers I’ve read. Unfortunately, you have to suffer through the first 150ish pages first. And that sucked a lot, I was very close to dnfing. The ending also wasn’t the greatest for me but I think that’s because I predicted 2/3 of the plot twists. And I can’t even feel good about that because it was so blatant. Also, I hated when I had to read from Agathas POV. I’m not sure why I loathed it so much but I truly did. Anyway, it was another ya romance that got me giggling and shit so do with that what you will. Bro this book is like the selection, it’s kinda trash but I like it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was wonderful in so many unexpected ways!! It's everything I wish Harry Potter had been.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

anna978's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts