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Carol

Patricia Highsmith

3.96 AVERAGE

scatterbrainbooky's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

This book was so boring and tedious. However, at the time of publication (1952), I can appreciate that a sapphic romance would have been original and daring. I wasn't into the insta-love aspect, the age-gap power imbalance, and I didn't understand why Therese was so drawn to Carol for the first half of the book - Carol was so patronizing and aloof. Thankfully things picked up for the last quarter of the book, and I did really like the ending.

indujakannan's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful reflective 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: Yes

777jj_'s review against another edition

4.0

this book caused permanent neuropsychological damage to the prefrontal cortex of my brain when i was 14

tiredbeee's review against another edition

5.0

Un libro emozionante come non ne leggevo da tempo, sono in lacrime
Avrà sempre un posto speciale nel mio cuore

somelauren's review against another edition

3.0

I just could not get into the prose of this book. It was a lot of internal monologues and very slow moving. I may have honed in on more of the faults because of the audio format than I might have sped past if I had read a physical copy. I'll probably give the movie a go at some point.

zoe_9's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

swedishgeekgirl's review against another edition

5.0

I love the realness of this novel. Every character and though feels so real, like these people could exist in the real world. I also love the big city/road trip setting and the romance feels real to, it is not Perfect just how love is in real life.
Carol by Claire Morgan get a 9.1/10 stars.