4.11k reviews for:

Carol

Patricia Highsmith

3.96 AVERAGE

imlucille's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

odhdskege's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad medium-paced

jumbobarbie's review against another edition

5.0

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anyone know where i can find something like this?

byangelica's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jesskennedy's review against another edition

4.0

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Really enjoyed this one! Very cool to read a novel about a lesbian relationship from the 50’s and Highsmith’s characters were so well fleshed out and complex.

themartine's review against another edition

4.0

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I don't know why this took me forever to finish. Maybe that I knew the ending? In any case it's a really good book and once I got into the style I enjoyed it a lot. Especially the beginning when you see Therese not knowing what she is feeling but you know, it is a nice build up to her realization about her feelings. I love love love the ending, already did when I saw the movie. It was nice to get that insight on Therese that couldn't be translated onto screen in the adaption.

vintagelo's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

quinble's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rmhollars's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Therese is at times unlikable to me in a way that, via her mistreatment of acquaintances and obsession for Carol, reminds me of Otessa Moshfegs Eileen. While at times her disdain for the men in her live is completely understandable, her disdain for Carol’s choosing her daughter over her relationship is childish and blandly selfish. Her desire for Carol is also rather flat and uninteresting as is Carol’s desire for Therese. Unlike the somewhat controversial Call Me By Your Name, Therese’s fight for desire against common sense or fear is not written as beautifully as the young Elio’s when he too is being pursued by an older person with external obligations. 

tayturnspages's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated