Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

196 reviews

thesonnetsilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I had heard so many mixed reviews on this one, but decided to give it a whirl since I found the whole series for pretty cheap. And boy am I happy I did give it a shot.

I loved this story. It was mysterious and exciting. I loved the setting and felt I was right there with the characters taking part in this dangerous game. 

The atmosphere of this book was exactly what I wanted, and the story had me hooked from page one. I will be picking the second book of this series up soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

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

nikita_edu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely loved this book! The writing was super fun and I adored all the twists. The end of the book really kept me on my toes and I loved how everything was revealed slowly but also consistently. It left ME questioning what was real. It's my new favorite<33

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

Derealization/blur between reality and fantasy

missmali's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Blood, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

4.25

Pet name is a dead giveaway okayyyyyy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

lexilovesreadingandlaufey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Tella was giving Taryn vibes from folk of the air. Literally kept saying that and honestly found her annoying until the end. VERY well written and I am really excited to keep reading Stephanie’s books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

dragonsreadtoo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

...... I didn't like this. 
I just didn't connect with the characters, their motivations don't make sense to me and they don't feel real. 
The author wanted to keep you questioning what is real and what's not. But that didn't work for me because the world building wasn't there. Every plot twist (and there are to many) I saw coming. And i just felt like there was no purpose to them. I could just tell that most of it wasn't planned and I dont like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

shadikb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

It was good but Scarlett annoyed me, and her seeing emotions in colour, was very confusing as well as annoying too... but a very enjoyable story overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Grief, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting and Abandonment