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Caraval by Stephanie Garber

120 reviews

psnchz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Rape, and Suicide

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Rating: 4/5 stars

Scarlett and her sister Tella escape their abusive father and plunge into the magical game of Caraval…but when Tella goes missing, Scarlett soon learns everything is not as it seems.

This book took me AGES to read for reasons that are not remotely its fault, so the buddy read very much left me behind (and I can’t blame them). That said, I really enjoyed this one and had a great time discussing it once I was finally able to do so!

The world building here is particularly fun to me—the entire setting felt super trippy and made my brain hurt a bit, but in a good way. This is more complex (and a bit darker) than YA sometimes skews, but I enjoyed both of those things!

A lot of the folks in my buddy read were frustrated by the ending and/or by the character of Tella, but I actually loved both. I’m excited to see where this trilogy goes next (as of this posting I’ve already finished and really enjoyed Legendary but have Finale left to go)!

CW: Kidnapping; physical and emotional abuse; blood/violence/death; suicide 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Torture

aharper's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, and Grief

serenamaya's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

eggfartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Physical abuse

avidreader12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Kidnapping

chaptersofamylea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

“We will try to convince you it's real, but all of it is a per-formance. A world built of make-believe. So while we want you to get swept away, be careful of being swept too far away. Dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won't wake up."

5 ⭐️

Oh the nostalgia of reading this dreamy book again. Within the world of Caraval you never know whats real or make believe, both the main character and the reader always guessing but never being right as there is always something else to make what you thought ruined. Rereading this has given me some hindsight for the series and the spin off, I hope to pick up more hints throughout the reread to see if I can come up with any theories for later on.

I adore Stephanie’s writing style and the world building, its so magical and whimsical but always has an edge. I also love how our MC links colours to feelings, almost like auras.

TWs: kidnap, suicide, abuse 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Suicide

abookisthegatetothesoulgabi's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

My fave book series since it came out!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse