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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)

Rainbow Rowell,

Jim Tierney (Illustrator)

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

Discussion: Stand Alone

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Dec 07, 2015 Jackie Lane rated it liked it

Okay, so I'm in the minority on this book. I have loved other books written by this author, but for some reason this book dragged on for me. It took me until almost half way through the book to get interested it in and then it was okay.

I did love the characters, but for some reason did not connect to this particular story.

It will not deter me from reading future books by this author, I'm guess it was just not for me.

3-3.5 stars ...more

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Oct 03, 2019 Eva rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great read, magically filled.

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Jun 15, 2016 Rachel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Loved this! Rainbow Rowell is amazing and this book a no exception. I didn't know anything about the book when I started reading it except that it was her latest book. I haven't read Fan Girl and I guess that is where the characters Simon and Baz come from, so now I'm pretty excited to read it. But when I first started I thought it was just kind of a shorter Harry Potter, but it's not. I loved all the characters. It was a great read. ...more

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Sep 05, 2019 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Damn I really didn’t expect to love this as much as I did! I had a little trouble getting into the mythology of the world and It didn’t really pick up for me until Baz showed up in the story around page 125ish, but I loved the characters and their relationships so I was able to look past my others issues. Now I can’t wait for Wayward Son!

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