Rainbow Rowell's Carry On R(amblings)eview
About a month ago, I bought Rainbow Rowell's Carry On on a whim. Well, not really on a
whim per se, since a certain friend of mine had been nagging me nonstop to buy
the book. But, I hadn't even think about visiting the bookstore until my class
is redirected to an event held by major in our university's central
library.
You see, there's this bookstore in the
library stuffed with local and imported
books which never fail to make drool each time I so much as glance on its
direction. I even have to withdraw my money from the ATM because I didn't have
enough, ha. But trust me, it was all worth it.
Carry On is magic (pun intended).
Breathtaking. Genius. RIGHT UP MY STREET. I feel like reading a super-brilliant
Drarry fanfic (and yeah, Drarry is my HP OTP aside from the canon Ronmione, sue
me). It's magical, lovely, angsty,
and simply makes me giddy. Darn, I always have a thing for oblivious pining and
emotionally constipated characters. I love
the characters, I love the plot, (and the
ending, seriously! But I’m not here to give you spoilers, so…) and even though
I was a bit lost at first because I haven't read Fangirl at that time, I still enjoyed it. Immensely.
After I read the book (and moping in
agony/glee/intense-desire-for-more/whatever it is that mixed feelings after
you read a particularly exceptional
book) though, my first thought was: “RainbowRowellissobrilliantinthisbookshehastowritemorefantasybookssheshouldstayinthisgenrethisisherforteit’smindblowingasdfghjkl”
Which translated as (in case you are one
of those lazy buns who wouldn’t read un-spaced sentences): “Rainbow Rowell is so
brilliant in this book she has to write more fantasy books she should stay in this
genre this is her forte it’s mind blowing asdfghjkl”
In fact, I convey this very sentiment
towards her via Twitter:
In which she liked but not replied
so I’m still not sure whether she likes the idea to change tracks or she likes
that I said Carry On is genius…. I favored the first, or even both, but seeing
my luck it’s probably only the latter…
Anyway! Every year, Goodreads conduct this
award for books, Goodreads Choice Awards, and this year, Carry On was nominated
in Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction category (way to go, Rowell!). But
sadly, Carry On have to be satisfied in the second place because the first one was snatched by Sarah J. Maas' Queen of Shadows (side note, I haven’t read any of her
books). The more devastating news is, Rowell (kind of) promised a sequel
for Carry On if it won the award, and she later stated in a tweet that she is a
little bit relieved that Carry On didn't win, because it meant she doesn’t have
to write a sequel. I’m fine with that, really, I mean who in their right mind
would want a sequel for their breathtakingly,
lethally, maliciously beautiful pairings anyway??? No one. Yup. Not me...
Right.
But on a lighter note, congratulations, again, to our dearest Rick Riordan for years of monopolizing the Middle Grade and Children category, this year represented by
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer.
(For the complete list of winners and
nominators in Goodreads Choice Awards 2015, you can go here.)
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