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A review by vineela0705
Carry on by Rainbow Rowell
1.0
I tried, honest to God, I've tried my best to turn the page and not slam my head against some hard surface, preferably the book. Nope, I have not,could not, will not Carry On. Stopped at page 96.
This clearly seems like a parody/fanfiction of Harry Potter. Why bother getting it published? Where's the wonder? Where's the mystique? Where is my English cup of tea and biscuits? I am working myself up for a good old rant.
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT THIS BOOK:
1. Humdrum. Humdrum? HUMDRUM?? You have a powerful villain brewing up nasty sorts of mischief, and you go ahead and NAME.HIM.HUMDRUM? Insidious would have made it teensy tiny bit better.
2. "Scooby Dooby doo, where are you?" That's the finding spell. We have Accio, versus Scooby, folks. Who's your vote going to?
3. Magickal. If I hear that word one time, I'm going to scratch my nails against a chalkboard till my nails till they bleed.
4. Harry's clearly in love with Draco, and pining for his boo bear. Spare me the teenage angst and drama.
5. If you are making a spoof of something, you should either (1) Use the characters as they are and make them do silly/bizzare things or (2) Make them different enough from the original to keep the reader guessing.
The author instead went for dishwater version of the characters instead.
Mage = Dumbledore + Snape
Potbeef = McGonagall
Penny = Hermione
Agatha = Cho Chang
Ebb = Lady Hagrid
Baz = Handsome Cedric + Mean Draco
Am I done with the 10 things? don't know, don't care. Will go read Harry Potter again and exorcise my mind of..whatever this was. Sweet Heavens, I can hear the music (Insert Harry Potter theme), here I come!!
This clearly seems like a parody/fanfiction of Harry Potter. Why bother getting it published? Where's the wonder? Where's the mystique? Where is my English cup of tea and biscuits? I am working myself up for a good old rant.
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT THIS BOOK:
1. Humdrum. Humdrum? HUMDRUM?? You have a powerful villain brewing up nasty sorts of mischief, and you go ahead and NAME.HIM.HUMDRUM? Insidious would have made it teensy tiny bit better.
2. "Scooby Dooby doo, where are you?" That's the finding spell. We have Accio, versus Scooby, folks. Who's your vote going to?
3. Magickal. If I hear that word one time, I'm going to scratch my nails against a chalkboard till my nails till they bleed.
4. Harry's clearly in love with Draco, and pining for his boo bear. Spare me the teenage angst and drama.
5. If you are making a spoof of something, you should either (1) Use the characters as they are and make them do silly/bizzare things or (2) Make them different enough from the original to keep the reader guessing.
The author instead went for dishwater version of the characters instead.
Mage = Dumbledore + Snape
Potbeef = McGonagall
Penny = Hermione
Agatha = Cho Chang
Ebb = Lady Hagrid
Baz = Handsome Cedric + Mean Draco
Am I done with the 10 things? don't know, don't care. Will go read Harry Potter again and exorcise my mind of..whatever this was. Sweet Heavens, I can hear the music (Insert Harry Potter theme), here I come!!