TITLE- CARRY ON
AUTHOR- RAINBOW ROWELL
RATING-4/5
Siting in the varanda with a cup of tea in my hand, i was reading this book. It was on its very few last pages. I was quite excited about seeing how the story ends. And then the tea in my cup hit the bottom and so did I turn over the last page. The story ended.
Did it just end like that? That was the first question that struck me along with a million other question. But to make the review spoiler free i am not going to reveal the question that i had jotted down in my 'mind diary'.
So here is a recap of the story...
There has been many prophecies that Simon Snow will be "THE GREAT MAGE" of all times. He is going to save the world from the insidious Humdrum. He is studying in a magic school of elites and great magicians. But according to his room-mate Baz he is the worst one to be "THE CHOSEN ONE". Simon cant even do any kind of magic properly without exploding and destroying everything else. He has killed a dragon but that too by mistakenly exploding the magic he had. On their last year of the magic school Baz doesn't come back to join the school and that worries snow very much and then one night he has sees the ghost of Baz's dead mother. And thus unfurls a story full of magic, monsters, vampires.. hmmmmmmmm now thats what i call interesting stuff.
WORLD BUILDING- The magic system in this book is really awesome. Its intertwined between our modern world where we can see them talking about phones and computers. But on the other side we see them talking about the magic world. The vampires, ghosts,dragons and all the other good stuffs that i obviously drool to read. The way they perform magic is also very unique. They spell phrases from the poems we read like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and also phrases from Shakespeare's quotes. It puts forward the importance of words and phrases and quotes and the impact they have. It shows us its value which i found to be really really interesting.
CHARACTER- OMG!!! Can i simply say that i love love love love the two very important characters in this book "SIMON" and "BAZ".. Kyaaaaaaa i need those boys in my life. They made me have "WHAT THE ****" moments.. OMG how can they soo cute.. i just cant get enough of them. At some point in the book i was sooo engrossed i just could not put it down.
THE MAGE(headmaster of the school) on the other hand i did not like very much. Actually to be honest i had a love-hate relationship with his character. He obviously had something dark and at the same time he had goodness as well... WHY WHY i dont want to be in the middle of this feeling.
There is a lot of romance as well in this book. Between some people(Not gonna say much.. u need to read to find that part out.. and i guarantee its gonna be a good one ;) ) Though i haven't read any other Rainbow Rowell book but i heard that u should be reading "FANGIRL" before reading this book as the base of some characters are build there. But i did not find it to be less interested even without reading the fangirl. All the world building is perfectly done in this book as well.
The only thing i was not so happy about is the fact that i could predict the ending and not predict it as well. It was like some of it was coming to me before it had actually occurred so i missed some of the punches that was going to bang me hard if i didn't already feel it coming. What can i do i an too intelligent u know!! :P
All in all i think this book is very much worth reading. And if u dont try to predict the ending like i did (thanks to my pure imaginative power) you would have this book on your top shelves i bet that. It just might become your favourite book. But OMG!! this book had its moment and that just threw me off my seat. I will highly highly recommend this book to everyone. Its one of a kind.
P.S- I LOVE THE COVER DEPICTING THE TWO BOYS FACING EACH OTHER.. <3 <3
AUTHOR- RAINBOW ROWELL
RATING-4/5
Siting in the varanda with a cup of tea in my hand, i was reading this book. It was on its very few last pages. I was quite excited about seeing how the story ends. And then the tea in my cup hit the bottom and so did I turn over the last page. The story ended.Did it just end like that? That was the first question that struck me along with a million other question. But to make the review spoiler free i am not going to reveal the question that i had jotted down in my 'mind diary'.
So here is a recap of the story...
There has been many prophecies that Simon Snow will be "THE GREAT MAGE" of all times. He is going to save the world from the insidious Humdrum. He is studying in a magic school of elites and great magicians. But according to his room-mate Baz he is the worst one to be "THE CHOSEN ONE". Simon cant even do any kind of magic properly without exploding and destroying everything else. He has killed a dragon but that too by mistakenly exploding the magic he had. On their last year of the magic school Baz doesn't come back to join the school and that worries snow very much and then one night he has sees the ghost of Baz's dead mother. And thus unfurls a story full of magic, monsters, vampires.. hmmmmmmmm now thats what i call interesting stuff.
WORLD BUILDING- The magic system in this book is really awesome. Its intertwined between our modern world where we can see them talking about phones and computers. But on the other side we see them talking about the magic world. The vampires, ghosts,dragons and all the other good stuffs that i obviously drool to read. The way they perform magic is also very unique. They spell phrases from the poems we read like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and also phrases from Shakespeare's quotes. It puts forward the importance of words and phrases and quotes and the impact they have. It shows us its value which i found to be really really interesting.
CHARACTER- OMG!!! Can i simply say that i love love love love the two very important characters in this book "SIMON" and "BAZ".. Kyaaaaaaa i need those boys in my life. They made me have "WHAT THE ****" moments.. OMG how can they soo cute.. i just cant get enough of them. At some point in the book i was sooo engrossed i just could not put it down.
THE MAGE(headmaster of the school) on the other hand i did not like very much. Actually to be honest i had a love-hate relationship with his character. He obviously had something dark and at the same time he had goodness as well... WHY WHY i dont want to be in the middle of this feeling.
There is a lot of romance as well in this book. Between some people(Not gonna say much.. u need to read to find that part out.. and i guarantee its gonna be a good one ;) ) Though i haven't read any other Rainbow Rowell book but i heard that u should be reading "FANGIRL" before reading this book as the base of some characters are build there. But i did not find it to be less interested even without reading the fangirl. All the world building is perfectly done in this book as well.
The only thing i was not so happy about is the fact that i could predict the ending and not predict it as well. It was like some of it was coming to me before it had actually occurred so i missed some of the punches that was going to bang me hard if i didn't already feel it coming. What can i do i an too intelligent u know!! :P
All in all i think this book is very much worth reading. And if u dont try to predict the ending like i did (thanks to my pure imaginative power) you would have this book on your top shelves i bet that. It just might become your favourite book. But OMG!! this book had its moment and that just threw me off my seat. I will highly highly recommend this book to everyone. Its one of a kind.
P.S- I LOVE THE COVER DEPICTING THE TWO BOYS FACING EACH OTHER.. <3 <3
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