![]() ![]() Though Rowell’s magical world has a few of its own conventions-some magicians use rings and belt buckles instead of wands there’s no Sorting Hat, but there is a Crucible that pairs roommates spells are cast with an emphasis on familiar-sounding phrases and language-most things map pretty closely onto the Potterverse. If this sounds familiar, obviously it is: Carry On is a full-on, self-aware Harry Potter rip-off. According to a prophecy, he is destined to fight “the insidious Humdrum” and save the World of Mages. Simon had been an orphan living among “Normals” before “the Mage” scooped him up. Rainbow Rowell’s new YA novel, Carry On, tells the story of a teen boy named Simon Snow, now in his eighth and final year at Watford, a magical school hidden away in Scotland. ![]()
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