Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

79 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

This book was very much whimsical nonsense tied up in a mystery that was reminiscent of a studio ghibli movie.  You question what is real and what is not, if what has happened actually did happen.

There was enough mystery and world building to keep me interested in reading more, though the characters were a bit one dimensional they managed to hold my attention.

Other books I've read with this vibe did not have strong enough characters to keep me engaged and since this was a debut novel it has a lot of promise for what comes next.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

louisesbookcorner_32's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Bullying, Suicide, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

nicoleoc1901's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

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

curiositylibrary's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kcmg710's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

WARNING // Minor spoilers like baby ones I'm sorry 🤗

I really loved this book so much, the writing as a whole was so beautiful it was like a feast for my eyes and some of the descriptions/metaphors I re-read over and over again because they were so beautiful. 

Loved the characters and the development (well Scarlett’s - I’m assuming we will see the others in the rest of the trilogy). 

Like in the beginning Scarlett really bugged me

with how obsessed she was with her sister and getting married and all that palava I actually (stupidly) thought she was quite boring and I understand because of her trauma and stuff and in reflection I was probably abit too harsh on her just because of my views on marriage but that doesn’t  mean that other peoples are wrong // I saw on TikTok one of the characters from little women? Say  something similar and thought she has a frickin point actually)  and seeing how brave and resilient she was in the end and strong for standing up to her father and going after her actual dreams (adventure and stuff)

was truly amazing. 👏🏼👏🏼

Even though I loved this book and it didn’t really have many faults but it’s just not quite 5*for me and I can’t figure out why ☹️

As you can tell from my rambling I am not a writer but I hope my review was helpful 
(I also don’t know if I’ve used the spoiler tags properly so sorry in advance) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Torture, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Confinement, and Suicide

uneyreads's review

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, I’ve been putting it off for so long and I have no idea why I did that. Because this is probably one of the best books I’ve read this year, even though it’s hard to get into it at first. When you get into it it gets really good, I felt like I got sucked inside of their world at times and there was plot twists I wasn’t really expecting. I gotta read legendary now. 😭🫶🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

sadiaa's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Murder

citrus_tart's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder

***SPOILERS*** Brief discussion of rape, although the word “rape” is never used. The main character is told that her fiancé (who has basically taken her hostage) is going to rape her. She has to plan how to get out of the situation. There is domestic violence/violence against women committed against the main character and her sister by their father. There is a part toward the end where the main characters sister commits suicide. Mentions of blood and injury throughout the book although it’s not too graphic.