Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

183 reviews

mailuss's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

This one took me FOREVER to read through no fault of its own but was very fun! I found the world trippy but super cool and am excited to see where things go in the rest of the trilogy!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Torture

paigespages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

This was meh. Not a big fan of all the trickery and stuff but that is more due to my taste. Loved Julien tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment

tarnaflake'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, and Grief

bumblebree1903's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Rape

nxpe's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

4 December 2023: 4 stars

I can't stop thinking about this series, so it deserves to be at least a four star.

28 November 2023: 3.75 stars

This was really fun. For some reason, I went into this expecting nothing more than just a magical carnival, so I was very surprised to say the least. 

I really enjoyed Scarlet as a main character, and her love for her sister, Donatella was a beautiful relationship to read about. Watching them go to these extreme lengths to try and protect each other was truly heart warming.

I also really enjoyed the love story. Scarlet's love interest,

Julian

, is also a really great character, and I really enjoyed his personality. I hope I get to see more of them and their relationship in the next two books, even though

I know the focus switches to Donatella in this next book

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

giadena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

YOOOOO I COMPLETELY LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
I think my biggest mistake, whether when I want to start a book that seems interesting or after I finish one I completely loved (like this one), is reading reviews. When I see more negative ones than positive I start to ask myself 'Did I really enjoy it?' I don’t know why I let other's opinions get to me like that ugh… maybe I should stop reading reviews and that's it lmaooo

Anyway, my first thought was 'Ohhh The Night Circus meets Alice in Wonderland' but it became a story of its own quickly. I read it in like 2 days and a half, couldn’t put it down. I’m dumb as f*ck so I didn’t expect lots of plot twists and was all shocked and/or giggly. For me it was a fun, engaging read. 
I agree with people who say that

Scarlett and Julian

fell in love too quickly, but idk man, they were cute.  Donatella gave me Lydia Bennett vibes at first

but she turned out to be smart as hell and I loved that!

 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Abandonment