Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

367 reviews

sdoner23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

bekahjpepper'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

sameeha_r05's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, and Violence

isabel_y10's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 and Emotional abuse

readingwithcas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

We all know you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain, but can you loop back around to become good again?

Caraval is a game few can play, where magic lives in everything, and you cannot trust what you thought you knew. After an unfortunate accident last time, Master of the game, Legend wants to discover if there is any good left in him, and letters from sisters Scarlett and Donatella give him the perfect opportunity to find out.

The book focuses on Scarlett, a loving girl stuck in a life where misfortune and pain surround her. Stories of Caraval bring her comfort, but is the game all it is cracked up to be? She is forced to make impossible decision after impossible decision and is confronted with hard truths and unexpected secrets that may just save her. But is her loving nature enough to win the game?

If you haven't started this series yet, what are you waiting for? There is an invitation to the games with your name on it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

ineffable_bookworm's review against another edition

The blurb of the book intrigued me. However, when I read the book, the characters didn't appeal to me and nor did the writing or the plot. All of it felt flat. The setting was quite boring and confising. The long descriptions full of purple prose even put me off more. I disliked the characters. Not only that, the dynamic of Scarlett and Julian was very bland. They didn't have any romantic chemistry and it felt forced. The insta love situation only added fuel to the fire. The pacing was way too slow paced for me. I thought if I read more, it would get better and everything would fall into place and I would finally understand everything but after a few more pages, I decided not to subject myself to more torture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

bbmaan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

imaggienary's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

kylosten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

harley_a_reader's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Physical abuse