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Caraval by Stephanie Garber

16 reviews

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

Overall, I enjoyed this, but at times I felt like one too many things was happening and some of the information towards the end felt very rushed, especially compared to the pacing of the rest of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mayas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's been a day since I finished this book. And as the hours have passed, I've felt more grateful that I read it. I was able to see parts of myself in this story, and I've also learnt more about me. 

I experienced so much joy and excitement reading this. The kind of ADHD joy/excitement that dances through your whole body and feels euphoric. The kind that makes you scream and cackle because the tension is just right, the twists are endless, and you just figured out that clue right before it was revealed. 

I love the concept of this book. I love the setting. The characters. The descriptions. I have synesthesia, and so it was a DELIGHT to read the senses blend so many times. One of my favourite synesthesia-like moments in this book was the comparisonred velvet red curtains to chocolate cake
soaked in wine. I've never tasted that, or thought about this, but I SO understand this comparison!!! So much. Heheh

I was a little disappointed with the ending at first, and sort of still might be? But I also find it SO COOL. What Stephanie Garber did and how she did it was very clever and I love it. I really love it.

Thank you, Stephanie, for this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

rape threat, anxiety

sarah1109's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was such a roller coaster. I never knew how much I wanted a mystery/fantasy/thriller/dark emotional book until now. I was constantly guessing at what was going on and what the clues meant. This book had me hooked. 

Fantastic world building and love that the ending made me shake with fear and excitement at the same time. 

Audio book was a fantastic performance, even at 1.35x speed. 

No spice but suggestions are made. 🌶/5 
 
Suggestive SA trigger warning.
Abusive parent trigger warning. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual violence

alee02's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

This was a fast and fun read but it’s not the strongest writing (the similes are a little out of control, i.e. a kiss “tasted like wind”). The magic of the world is very compelling and because of the narrator’s perspective bounds to that magic we’re difficult to establish, but this sometimes cheapened the stakes of the game. When I got to the end, I felt the very underwhelmed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide

Minor: Torture

sophieefaithh's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

emnem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

Absolutely loved this book. It was a magical mind trip. Very dark themes but the end was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment