Reviews tagging 'Death'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

374 reviews

deadly_kitten777's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was an emotional Rollercoaster, the plot was messy and all over the place plot, yet I am so addicted to this book for seemingly no reason, it was very interesting and i will defiantly be reading the others but I'm so confused on why I like it this much, like easy cheese which is undoubtedly terrible yet so addicting, worth a read for sure, one other note is they really excuse Tella's actions but she does some really terrible things and is in genera  kind of a terrible person

and the entire game thing being just for funseys was very messed up as scarlett was terrified the entire time and genuinely thought everyone including the boy she loved to ge in severe dsnger or dead

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Blood

jesse_jellyfish's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Alcohol

gossanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

sarahtaps's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

bri__'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was alright. I'm reading this series to get to OUABH. This was a pretty quick read with a whole lot of plot twists, however, some of the magical things fell a bit flat for me. I hope I enjoy the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

joongarten's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

treeleef's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Murder

chillibears's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a neat one! It was really well paced and kind of refreshing and cool having a fantasy book in a surrealist setting. 

For the positives, this book had really excellent world building. There was a continuous guessing game throughout it. What may be magic, may also be illusion, but may also be real, so you never truly knew what to believe. And due to the unpredictable nature of the game there were lots of really cool twists and surprises I didn’t see coming! It was fun to try to figure out everyone’s true intentions, as you could truly trust no one. 

As for what I felt was a smidge meh. The character development felt a little undercooked for me. Some of the conversations felt a little out of place and the reasonings for certain actions felt too simplified for the complex emotions that would undoubtedly come from the consequences of them. (If that makes sense). 

Another thing is, I liked the romance plot, but it never felt genuine because, as with every single character in this book, you could never fully trust it. 

Overall, it was a really fun read. BbI’m gonna try book 2 next and see how it goes!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bfogleman's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Far too many similes and descriptive words and some plot elements/“twists” that were so obvious it evoked an eye roll from me, but overall an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse