The characters rarely communicate, and it’s painful to see Simon and Baz struggling in their relationship because they won’t talk to one another. There are many frustrating elements in this book. In Wayward Son, they try to do the same thing, and it backfires. In Carry On, the characters act how they were supposed to act. They used to exist somewhere between fiction and wishful thinking, bound to the rules of books where endings are happy and no one thinks about the messy aftermath. All the characters in Carry On (Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha, etc.) came from fantasy. Rainbow Rowell has pulled off another, entirely different, magic trick with Wayward Son. But what does a magical hero do when he has no magic and no one needs saving? Simon Snow saved the day, and he got the boy.
It was clever, fantastical, romantic and queer glory. Rowell, of course, then brought Simon Snow to life in Carry On. Cather is the popular fanfiction author of an ongoing work called ‘Carry On’, where Simon Snow falls in love with his roommate and arch-enemy, Baz. The heroine of Fangirl, Cather, centers most of her life on the Simon Snow book series. Back in 2015, Carry On was Rainbow Rowell’s creative spinoff to her 2013 novel Fangirl. Understanding Wayward Son requires a bit of a history lesson. Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.Ĭome on, Simon Snow. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place… (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West.
He just needs to see himself in a new light… What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after… Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell manages to balance at the edge of a blade, with magical adventure on one side and subversive realism on the other.
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