A review by leilaxx
Caraval by Stephanie Garber

2.0

This book had so much potential and could've been delivered more beautifully. If the writing was different and more detail was attached to the characters and their chemistry, this would have wound its way into my favourite, but unfortunately, it didn't. The brilliance diminished the more I read it. Pages and stories turned lacklustre. Indeed events occurred, I cannot deny that, but it just did not flow with how the story was written. None of the plot twists and character revelations, the world building and attempt at tragedy. None of it pieced together the way it should have. I had no connection to any of the characters or events playing out. I love the concept; I wish it had been executed better. Everything was too coincidental, everything played out too well, and the shock factor was not delivered. The ending did not leave me intrigued, only annoyed. I'm not putting myself through another one of these trying mind games.