Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Caraval, by Stephanie Garber

35 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

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

The world of this book absolutely captivated me. I truly enjoyed observing Scarlett throughout her time in Caraval. The ending made me feel satisfied while still yearning for more time with the characters. One character I felt very drawn to was Legend, he has absolutely amazing character traits. Somehow he is ever-present in the game while also feeling distant. I will absolutely pick up the next book in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, and Rape

qreviews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious medium-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

4.0

This book has a way of feeling soo real yet soo magical and i had soo much fun. I really also could relate to scarlet as an older who overthinks alot and worries about the future and kinda overlooking the present. The dynamic between Tella and scarlet was really interesting bc it really shows how siblings could be raised by the same parent yet end up soo different. Now

Spoiler

the whole plot twist with Julian tella and legend has me shook I would’ve never caught on and it hurt how much Tella was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of escaping their father and the way scarlet felt so betrayed by Julian hurt me like it happened to me but it all worked out in the end although I would’ve like a bit of grovelling but I get the circumstances.😂😂</spoiler > overall it was a entertaining book and I’m excited to read Tella’s story next!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide attempt

lysha210's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

lynnloveshobi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

One of the best book i have read in a long time, I'm low-key breathless, can't wait to read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Child abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Body horror

aamina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

hungry_capybara's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

the book itself is okay, but the ending fell really flat for me. I couldn't guess that that was happening, and it just made her sister look like a horrible person who didn`t care about Scarlett and almost everyone Scarlett interacted with in this book seem like an absolutely horrible person. I really like the majority of the books though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder and Blood

cheesy_crackers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

I liked this book, the plot was nice, with twists and turns and overall it was a pretty good read.

 

Spoiler

One thing I did not like about this book though, was that the ending fell very flat. I mean there was so much hype about the whole thing and in the end it isn't really explained very well, and she just loses all emotion. Another thing I didn't like was how suddenly towards the end of the book she just starts actually liking Julian, she goes from hating him to being ok with him and then suddenly she can't live without him, it just doesn't make sense.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

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

g4bby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

It's as trippy as Alice in Wonderland. A masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Violence and Suicide attempt