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Finale by Stephanie Garber

10 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This was a really fitting conclusion to this series. I loved getting to see more fates and how they interacted with the main characters and each other. I want to much more lore about the fates! The stakes were high and plans failed along the way, which was very stressful. I felt like the two love triangles got kind of old though, and this book spends more time on the romances than the other two books, which wasn’t my favorite. Lots of good twists and turns though, and it left me wanting more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i loved this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

aas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

i’m happy we got Scarlett’s POV back and i think i’m in the minority when i say i enjoyed her part of the story much more than i did Tella’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ssuummeerrn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wait…hold on…do I have a new favorite series? 

Do I dare admit that this is my favorite series? 

Yes

Yes, I do believe that the Caraval series is my favorite.

I can’t wait to re-read this series again! The romance! The villains! The sisters! The magic! Everything about it was just *chefs kiss*. 

Can I touch on Scarlet’s and Tella’s relationship really quick? It reminded me so much of my relationship with my younger sister and maybe that is why I loved this book so much! “There is nothing quite so precious as the love of a sister” when I read that line I started to cry! The whole prologue of Finale is one of my favorite things I’ve ever read! 

Well done Stephanie Garber! Bravo! I need to order Once Upon a Broken Heart immediately! Her writing style and storytelling ability is amazing! But my favorite thing about these books were the descriptions! I have never seen so many unique adjective and such magnificent imagery. 

The descriptive parts might even be better than the exciting, action filled, plot driven scenes! 

No, that’s not true…but I loved every word, when in other books I often just skim the descriptive paragraphs. 

Ugh! I’m so sad this series is over!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ice_creamery's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Okay so I read the first book Caraval, like 2 years ago and then bought the next two but I never actually got around to them until now. As with many series, this got worse as we went farther along. I loved the first book and I loved the idea of the game but by Finale, it kind of got to traditional YA fantasy where the main character has to save the world and the usual love triangle. The book wasn't bad but it was basic. I also really hated the constant theme of blood and exchanging and drinking blood it was honestly kind of weird. Overall, it was pretty good but Caraval was the best. I'm going to read Once Upon a Broken Heart and I'm excited to see Jacks's character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Child abuse

ejlarson88's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

entire series is worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury