Carry On is also made richer by its connection with a whole host of source material, Harry Potter arguably strongest among them. Every book is a conversation, of course: between the author and her reader, but also from one text to another. Carry On is in conversation with much of our popular culture, stories about ordinary “chosen ones” and the way the pressure put upon them exerts itself. For a reader who simultaneously loved and was frustrated with Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings or Star Wars, characters and plot points in Carry On can feel like direct rebuttals at times. Like the best fan fiction, this is one of the book’s chief pleasures: the way it simultaneously talks to these texts, pushes back at them and challenges them critically, while still letting the reader get lost in the world that Rowell has created.
Source: theguardian.com
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