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malamare's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Suicide, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
durrareadsstuff's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Usually first books in a trilogy are the ones I struggle through because the beginning would be slower-paced than the rest, but this one had a really nice pacing. It definitely could be read in one day, although I didn't because my attention span is blegh. It also helped that the chapters were short.
One thing I have to complain about, though, there's this one scene that I don't know, it feels so weird. Am I the only one who feels this way because so far I've seen people rate this no less than 5 stars. But that scene—I wish I could erase that from my mind.
The characters were okay I guess, I kind of wish Scarlett had a friend for some reason. Maybe because Tella was annoying the heck out of me in the beginning. But I really liked the way the author made us see more of Tella, aside from her "wild" ways. I kind of like her more than Scarlett now. Julian was a decent love interest. The foreshadowing, the subtle things that warn the readers that he's definitely hiding something—that was incredibly executed in my opinion. And I like how his feelings are also mentioned. Like sometimes, books make it seem like these guys are heartless snobs which just takes all the charm away from them.
Overall - ⭐⭐⭐💫/5
Plot - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing - ⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters - ⭐⭐⭐/5
Themes (abuse, abandonment) - ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault
made1ine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
madison1239's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
anenbydragon's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Torture
finallywakingup's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
allonsythornraxx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
3 ⭐
I'm just here to have a good time with my girl Scarlett 🥰
18/07/2022
3 ⭐
Genuinely cannot believe I've now read this 6 times and also that even though I've read this 6 times I still cannot stand Donatella. I'm a Scarlett girl, through and through.
06/04/2021
3.5 ⭐
Re-reading books 1 and 2 so I can finally read Finale. I was in a bit of a funk today so I decided to pick this one up and as cheesy as it sounds, the writing and the world of Caraval really did lift my spirits today!
05/05/2019
4 ⭐
This is so detailed and beautifully written. It has its flaws and I talked about a few of those in my updates but, I can't help but love it.
01/06/2018
4 ⭐
Just re-read this again and I'm not even mad because it made me very happy while I was reading it.
27/04/2018
4 ⭐
I just re-read this in preparation for Legendary and while I didn't love it as much as I did the first time, I still really enjoyed it! I can't wait to listen to Legendary!
2017
5 ⭐
I loved this book very very much. This is definitely going to be in my top 5 of 2017.
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Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent