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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
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I feel like it's more of a 3.75, maybe?
This was a delight, though I'll admit I expected to love it more than I did. I think this may be because, although this very obviously draws a lot of inspiration from Harry Potter, I couldn't stop my brain from constantly drawing parallels throughout the entire time reading this. It seems that for some readers those comparisons stopped after a while, but it was constantly in the back of my mind.
That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it because of the HP similarities - I actually quite like what was taken from the wizarding world, and I enjoyed seeing how some things were turned on its head. I also really like the take on the Chosen One in this! However, I think I just couldn't get fully drawn into this story with my mind so switched on about Harry Potter - I just wasn't able to fully immerse myself in the world and connect with the characters as they are (by this I mean thinking of Baz as Baz, rather than constantly think Baz=Draco).
Also, I'm so here for Baz & Simon <3
This was a delight, though I'll admit I expected to love it more than I did. I think this may be because, although this very obviously draws a lot of inspiration from Harry Potter, I couldn't stop my brain from constantly drawing parallels throughout the entire time reading this. It seems that for some readers those comparisons stopped after a while, but it was constantly in the back of my mind.
That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it because of the HP similarities - I actually quite like what was taken from the wizarding world, and I enjoyed seeing how some things were turned on its head. I also really like the take on the Chosen One in this! However, I think I just couldn't get fully drawn into this story with my mind so switched on about Harry Potter - I just wasn't able to fully immerse myself in the world and connect with the characters as they are (by this I mean thinking of Baz as Baz, rather than constantly think Baz=Draco).
Also, I'm so here for Baz & Simon <3
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August 6, 2017
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August 6, 2017
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Aug 07, 2017 07:34AM
This is such a good book! Hope you love it as much as I did :-)
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Should I read this book?? I always see it at my local bookstore but I never really actually bought it.
I loved this book! But I think what helped me really enjoy it was that I've never read/watched Harry Potter (I know) so I never really compared the two.
You took the words right out of my mouth! Brilliantly said
