Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

245 reviews

jonghyun4life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

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britmpower's review

adventurous challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Child abuse

nclausel25's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide, and Torture

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Blood, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

Caraval was a fun time, but I think I had more fun because of who I was reading it with.

I buddy read this book with two friends, and we had such a fun time talking about theories and laughing about how often we were wrong! I loved chatting with them about the book, and chatting with them helped me figure out my feelings about the book.

I had a great time reading the first two-thirds, but the last act was a lot to handle. I don't fully understand how the means and the ends were connected, and there were so many secrets that came out of left field that the chaos ended up feeling slightly underwhelming. I might have missed some foreshadowing, but I don't think I did.

I will definitely continue with the series, but I'm prepared to feel kinda meh about it all. 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

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

dezzella's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This was a pretty good YA story, lots of mystery and intrigue and trying to figure out what's real or not.  It was a fun read and I would have read it in one sitting if I hadn't started it so late the other day. It's a quick read and the pacing is good. 

I like the characters over all too, though I can't say I'm a fan of the sister. Perhaps the later books will change my view of her, we'll see.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, 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

saplingreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Physical 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