4.12k reviews for:

Carol

Patricia Highsmith

3.96 AVERAGE

daniealexa_c_s's review against another edition

2.0

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Meh

mairu's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

madivord's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

alisarae's review against another edition

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I'm anxious to see the film Carol now, it looks gorgeous! And also I want to see how Therese's

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mommy issues

are portrayed. The whole time I was like,

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Girl, this is not what a healthy relationship looks like! But in the end she redeems herself.

katieeew's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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this is my ex girlfriend’s favorite book so naturally i had to read it. so so enjoyable, i haven’t finished a book in like at least a year so this was a good experience 

taxidermies's review against another edition

5.0

reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ghostfigs's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cams__8's review against another edition

4.0

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Es un buen libro. Sentí que había mucho “relleno” más que nada detalles innecesarios pero, es fantástico

sirdoctor's review against another edition

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kadoatie's review against another edition

4.0

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a beautiful book about first real love + the endurance of it through change. patricia highsmith was a terrible racist but this book is solid + very tenderly written

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia

the stalking is in no way violent,

there is a PI hired to follow the main characters

the main conflict in the later part of the book is homo/lesbophobia. there's no physical violence or slurs as a result thought it does negatively affect the lives and it is mentioned that it's because of the characters sexualities