Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Caraval, by Stephanie Garber

10 reviews

ellasommers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

lorenasanz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Emotional abuse and Misogyny

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was CREEPY. Very clever and the synesthesia element was really cool and wow that ending but it was creepy and dark and heavy and emotional and maaaaan Tella was making me mad at the end!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

tressa_the_elephant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

fitzskywalker'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

prof_pelon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

solarel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

The mystery was fun to watch unfold, though the romance felt a little immature at times. Very Disney princess falls in love with a boy in a week vibes. Good read but I’m not enthralled. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

taywinger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

Easily one of my new favorite books! Such a fascinating, enchanting read. I was instantly in love (and obsessed) with the story and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

nightdumpling's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 It was nice. I liked the idea, and I liked the first half. The second half though, or should I say last quarter, beat my brain up in a secluded alleyway and then dragged me out and told me it was a joke. The ending was anticlimactic and a bit weird too 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

kerrygibbons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Beyond the fact that I don’t particularly like mysteries, I found this overall to be a surprisingly mediocre book. The action is jumped into almost alarmingly quickly and somehow it didn’t feel like the characters (or the reader) were ready for it. Just when I would get into one part of the story, it would change dramatically. The epilogue was enough to make me nearly give it 2 stars, but that’s VERY difficult to earn from me. 

CW: suicide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse