![]() ![]() Carry On, while a completely stand-alone novel in its own right, is also the final book in the fictional Leslie's Harry Potter-like series. Leslie's final book sets the story in canonical stone. In Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell gave us a protagonist who writes fan fiction about a magical Chosen One named Simon Snow, struggling to conclude her very popular fan work before Gemma T. In the absence of that terminology, I'll say - not at all facetiously - that Carry On is hands-down the best Harry Potter fan fiction I've ever read, and I've read some genuinely excellent fan fiction (shout-out to GatewayGirl's Blood Magic!). ![]() Because in Carry On, Rainbow Rowell has written the book inside her other book, which was inspired by books outside her book, and it would be nice to have precise terminology to discuss such literary nesting dolls. In preparing for this review I found myself searching for the opposite of "meta" - something that would mean below as well as above. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Carry on Subtitle The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow Author Rainbow Rowell ![]()
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