I really should listen to my brain. I hated Fangirl and I knew I would hate Carry On. I’m a sucker for reading what’s hyped up and this really was so I put it on hold at the library (thank God I didn’t buy it).

Carry On is a story about a boy named Simon Snow. Simon Sow is a complete rip off of Harry Potter. This is the story of Simon running around with his bff Penelope (aka. Hermione) and his soon-to-be bf Basil. Throughout the novel the ‘Golden Trio’ runs around trying to solve the mystery of Basil’s mother’s murder and trying to figure out who the Humdrum is and how to stop him.

There’s this character called The Mage (aka. Dumbledore) and I’ll be honest I hate Dumbledore in the HP universe so when I met this asshole I wanted to cry from pain. This guy actually managed to be more of an asshole than Dumbledore.

As, I’m talking about the characters I’ll talk about Baz. Basil is probably the only Interesting character in the entire novel. Well, that’s not true, I thought the Lucy character was interesting until we started learning about her and her past IT WAS SOO PREDICTABLE. Anyway, Basil. Basil is Draco Malfoy vampire style. Half this novel is pretty much what it would have been like if Harry and Draco had have been roommates in the novels. Basil is in love with Simon but he has a funny way of showing it. The sad thing is Baz didn’t arrive until page 150 so I had to put up with Simon moaning and going on about rubbish and being angry. Baz made the story a bit more interesting which is why I found it easier to continue reading.

Probably the main reason I hate this book is because you have to know the premise of Harry Potter to understand what’s going on. You shouldn’t have to know the plot of one series to understand a book by a different author.

Also, can I just talk about the spells for a minute? They are completely and utterly and ridiculously stupid. The spells are based on lyrics/poems and turns of phrase that are repeated a lot. Like, one of the spells used is “Call Me Maybe”.

Another thing, I hated the swearing – it didn’t contribute to the story and made me incredibly uncomfortable. I think part of the reason it made me soo uncomfortable is because this book is basically Harry Potter rewritten and no one swears in those books. Because this is so similar to Harry Potter it just unnerves me to have the story changed soo dramatically.

SOOO many people loved this book but I’m sorry I don’t think I could ever like this book. All this is is a rip off of Harry Potter and I hate it.