Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

34 reviews

crgrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Torture

melodyramirez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

 The mystery and plot twists are pretty intriguing and fun but the writing is kindof cheesy and the author really over uses similes. The conclusion is also infodump-y.

personally I would never forgive them for any of that

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment

carnet_de_liseuse's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death and Death of parent

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide, and Vomit

ankiaisreading's review

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

itsnotalakeitsanocean's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Suicide

swiftie_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Grief

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

4.5! this book was so magical i’m in love. this book is way too underrated. there were parts where  i cried, laughed, smiled, and gasped. this book was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. 

🎠~she imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out~🎠
-literal poetry. this line is just so pretty. it painted a picture in my brain. stephanie garber is literally the queen as describing things. 

🎠~hope is a powerful thing. some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether.~🎠

julian is mine. i am his. i love him. 


okay, i’m literally so happy. stephanie garber is a new favorite author. the acknowledgments made me smile. i love how the first thing she put was “thank you, God, for being faithful when i was faithless, for your love, and for every miracle that made this book possible.” i will forever love stephanie garber for this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, and Suicide attempt

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

This book was very much whimsical nonsense tied up in a mystery that was reminiscent of a studio ghibli movie.  You question what is real and what is not, if what has happened actually did happen.

There was enough mystery and world building to keep me interested in reading more, though the characters were a bit one dimensional they managed to hold my attention.

Other books I've read with this vibe did not have strong enough characters to keep me engaged and since this was a debut novel it has a lot of promise for what comes next.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

catching5tars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment