![]() ![]() So books 2 and 3 are plotted like one longer story, that still follows the basic 3 act structure, just spread over 2 books. In a series, each book typically sells fewer books than the previous book, so the publisher needs a way to guarantee sales of the third book, which means ending book 2 on a cliffhanger. So now the author has two more books they have to write. Typically two more books is standard because people love trilogies and publishers love money. If a novel does well, as Carry On did, they are asked to produce sequels. Unless an author has successfully published a series, they write stand alone novels with series potential Here's what people need to know about publishing: A lot of people were very disappointed in book 2 because it wasn't the same fun romp in a parody world and it ended with a cliffhanger. Rowell alludes to this issue in the epilogue by showing that even though Baz and Simon got a happy ending of sorts, the aftermath of trauma still lurks in their minds and they will struggle as they grow up. I am 36 years old and my sister is 38 years old and we are just starting to understand that about our own childhood. Many people that grew up in abusive situations don't understand that until well into adulthood. Simon couldn't have a realization about the mage because that kind of realization takes time. Carry on.Īnother thing that Rowell specifically meant to address was the lasting trauma of participating in horrific events. There are lose ends in life and you just have to. I actually liked this because not everything gets tied up with a nice bow at the end. Simon doesn't find out who his parents are because why on earth would he? It was a secret that no one knew and the mage wasn't the kind of person that would tell. Specifically, it criticizes a lot of the choices in Harry Potter. It tells us that Simon is an unreliable narrator and that Baz is an earnest and trustworthy narrator, despite being the "evil" one.Ģ) The whole point of the story was to challenge the trope in fantasy of child warriors fighting to save society. It calls into question all the narration and tells us that the story is different from what we thought it was. And even though he always talks about how Baz is evil and going to kill him, he uses a lot of flattering language as well and describes him as graceful, attractive, perfect, etc.įor Baz, there is that line that's delivered at the end of his intro that says "And I am hopelessly in love with him." That line is brilliant (imo) because it basically unravels everything that was written prior to that point. He constantly thinks about Baz and relates every memory and idea to Baz. Anyway, no matter the topic, Simon always circles back to Baz. It's a TON of information and I actually think Rowell does it in a very clever way most of the time (that list at the beginning, for example, is a huge info dump told in a funny and engaging way). The beginning basically serves to give us all the background on the school, characters, relationships, and world. ![]() I actually think there was a lot of build up of Simon's interest in Baz in the opening of the book. ![]() Because it's one of my favorite books, I've kind of read it a lot. This is me just rambling on about a book I really like. ![]()
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