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readingwithcas's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
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!
Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Child death and Child abuse
bbmaan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
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
aharper's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Child abuse
Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement
readwithsophsx's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, and Murder
mcc004's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Death, and Violence
steen19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The final ~15% of this was really fucked up. Like serious psychological trauma.
This book is like 80% telling and only 20% showing. The MC kinda just walks up on situations and people recount it all. There weren’t really game-like challenges or carnival ambiance.
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Abandonment, Classism, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse
jessicaludden'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
4.0
I loved Scarlett. I loved Julian. I loved how this world was so unpredictable and full of risk. The magic left me with a simultaneous feeling of wonder and unease. The ending felt a little rushed and there was a lot going on. Everything in Caraval is truly not what it seems and I’m excited for the rest of the series.
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, and Kidnapping
abortress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
WARNING: there is an age-gap trope
Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Death
gretchen_lynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child death
Minor: Sexual assault and Violence
glorytowers05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcohol and Torture