![]() ![]() ![]() In Rowell’s book Fangirl, which we raved about here, the main character, Cath, writes fanfic about a fictional series called Simon Snow, a series which has a marked resemblance to the real-life series Harry Potter (by real-life, I mean there is an actual published series called Harry Potter not that Harry Potter is non-fiction, although that hasn’t stopped me from looking for my Hogwarts letter). Just know that this book is full of teenagers having Feelings and Angst. But Rainbow Rowell writes some damn fine YA and turns out that she also writes seriously amazing fantasy as well, so I personally have no complaints. This book is really, really heavy on teen angst. This being the case, it’s not going to shock you all that I was really excited about Carry On and while I didn’t burst out into loud sobs, I certainly got a bit sniffly and now I’m super depressed that the book is over because the end was so delightful that I didn’t want to stop reading. At this point Rowell could publish the phone book (remember phone books?) and my review would be, “This listing of names and numbers was so poignant, it really spoke to my soul, I cried a ton and then I had good book sigh.” I’ve gotten so Pavlovian about this that I’m considering starting a petition that every Rowell book come with a free package of Kleenex. The book is announced, I squee, I get the book, I jump around, I read the book, I cry lakes of tears. I don’t know why I even bother reviewing Rainbow Rowell books. Genre: LGBTQIA, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult ![]()
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