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Carry On

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#1 New York Times best seller!
Booklist Editors' Choice 2015 - Youth!
Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer!

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.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

Editions (6)

ISBN9781250135025
PublisherMacmillan USA
Publication Date05/09/17
Pages521

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  • dinaisy
    dinaisy

    213 Followers

    3.5

    🔥🪄🧛

    Wo soll ich anfangen? Also, ich mag so Fantasy-Schulgeschichten. Und finde Harry Potter großartig (J. K. Rowling nicht!) Twilight nicht ich auch sehr. Und ich habe Elenoar und Park von Rainbow Rowell geliebt. Gute Voraussetzungen also für einen Zauberer-Vampirroman von R.R. Oder? Simon Snow hat es mir leider nicht so leicht gemacht in die Geschichte reinzukommen. Das Worldbuilding war super anstrengend und wirkte so, als hätte ich bereits Band 4 vor mir ohne die anderen 3 gelesen zu haben. Es fing irgendwie mittendrin an und dann wurde alles wesentliche für die Story in Rückblenden erzählt. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Spoiler (oder auch nicht, weil sehr vorhersehbar) Die Enemies - to lovers Erzählung war stellenweise sehr platt, manchmal aber auch süß. Mit 15 hätte ich das glaub ich gern gelesen. Insgesamt hat mich der Roman gut unterhalten, die weiblichen Figuren fand ich gut. Vor allem fand ich auch die Perspektive interessant, dass mal jemand gar keinen Bock auf die Welt der Zauberer hat… wäre ich 15 hätte mir die Geschichte wahrscheinlich noch besser gefallen! 😉

    Jun 12, 2026

  • lese.ente
    lese.ente

    226 Followers

    4.0

    Ein bisschen albern

    Man darf keine zu hohen Erwartungen an das Buch haben, denn es liest sich ein bisschen wie Harry Potter Fanfiction und scheint sich selbst nicht allzu ernst zu nehmen. In einer anderen Rezension habe ich die Beschreibung "Harry Potter auf Crack" gelesen und ich muss sagen das fasst es ziemlich gut zusammen. Die Geschichte ist teilweise vorhersehbar, macht aber trotzdem Spaß. Mich konnte das Buch gut unterhalten.

    Nov 17, 2024

  • soso318
    soso318

    32 Followers

    5.0

    😍🦋✨

    I really love this story!!! It was so amazingly written and the characters grew so much throughout this story. This book is primarily about a (I think) 18 year old boy who attends a magical school. He is apparently “The Chosen One”, the most powerful magician in this world, and has to fur fill his prophecy. (At the beginning it reminded me a little bit of “Harry Potter”.) ___________________ Spoiler ___________________ I really like how the storyline took a turn from being a “normal” fantasy-hero story to a more complicated good-evil situation. About the characters: I loved Baz from the beginning. He’s just the kind of character I always like. (Because of that I was kinda scared that he would die🙃). For Penny applies probably the same. They were both such smart people who had their own problems to deal with. And especially Baz made a great development :) At the beginning I didn’t like Simon that much because it seemed like he’d be the typical hero-character and that would’ve been kinda boring. But pretty soon I realized there was more to his character and that I just loved. About Agatha I can’t say that much. All I know till now is kinda irrelevant. Her character seems a little “flat” and because of that I don’t like her that much. What I really loved was the relationship between Simon and Baz and the friendship between Simon and Penny. The relationship was just so wholesome and I loved that they could “heal” each other. (And I really do love enemies to lovers :) And the friendship was so adorable. I loved how they teased each other all the time but also can trust each other completely. All over I really really loved this book and would definitely recommend it!!

    😍🦋✨

    Oct 17, 2024

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