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A review by sofialexandra
Finale by Stephanie Garber
5.0
i don't even know what to say. i have no words. just a lump in my throat that's been there since i finished.
i feel like no matter what i say or how much i write it'll never be enough to express just how much i love these books. how much i fell in love with the world, the characters and their story. everything about caraval was utter perfection and nothing will ever come close to it i fear. the world-building, the motifs, the writing... i feel like a whole new different person and caraval will be my new and only personality trait for the foreseeable future (forever).
this series gave me the comfort i needed and i don't care if i'm being dramatic, no matter how many other books or fantasy series i read, i'm fully convinced nothing will replace caraval in my heart.
when i say i never had this kind of reading experience, i mean it. i've never been so immersed in a book the way i've been with these. i've lived and breathed caraval for the past week and not a single waking moment went by without me thinking about it. i've never felt so alive reading a book in my life.
and i OBVIOUSLY need to talk about scarlett and julian... they're so very dear to me. i could write multiple essays on how much i love them and how much their characters, their story and their love mean to me. i fell so deeply in love with them along the way and i'll forever keep them in my heart.
julian is... everything to me. the way i reacted every single time that man opened his mouth was actually concerning. i'm so in love with him and with the way he loved and adored scarlett. i have never in my life read about a love so gentle and pure and i'm SO deeply unwell. just the most gentle, loving, caring, tender boy and i love him with my whole soul and he deserved SO MUCH BETTER (legend i'll be praying on your downfall).
EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES AGAINST SCARLETT DRAGNA SHALL FALL!!! if i see anyone uttering a single bad word about her imma need a g*n. she's so special to me and 100%... without a single doubt in my mind, my favourite fmc i've ever read about. reading about such a gentle, soft, loving, anxious but powerful in her own way girl as a main character and resonating with her in the way i did healed something in me i didn't know needed healing.
i always believe that i read books at the time i’m supposed to read them (everything happens for a reason blah blah blah) but it definitely felt that way with this series.
with all that being said: i need spectacular to be 90% about scarlett and julian or someone's gonna have to deal with me.
i'll mentally be in caraval for the rest of my days <3
i feel like no matter what i say or how much i write it'll never be enough to express just how much i love these books. how much i fell in love with the world, the characters and their story. everything about caraval was utter perfection and nothing will ever come close to it i fear. the world-building, the motifs, the writing... i feel like a whole new different person and caraval will be my new and only personality trait for the foreseeable future (forever).
this series gave me the comfort i needed and i don't care if i'm being dramatic, no matter how many other books or fantasy series i read, i'm fully convinced nothing will replace caraval in my heart.
when i say i never had this kind of reading experience, i mean it. i've never been so immersed in a book the way i've been with these. i've lived and breathed caraval for the past week and not a single waking moment went by without me thinking about it. i've never felt so alive reading a book in my life.
and i OBVIOUSLY need to talk about scarlett and julian... they're so very dear to me. i could write multiple essays on how much i love them and how much their characters, their story and their love mean to me. i fell so deeply in love with them along the way and i'll forever keep them in my heart.
julian is... everything to me. the way i reacted every single time that man opened his mouth was actually concerning. i'm so in love with him and with the way he loved and adored scarlett. i have never in my life read about a love so gentle and pure and i'm SO deeply unwell. just the most gentle, loving, caring, tender boy and i love him with my whole soul and he deserved SO MUCH BETTER (legend i'll be praying on your downfall).
EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES AGAINST SCARLETT DRAGNA SHALL FALL!!! if i see anyone uttering a single bad word about her imma need a g*n. she's so special to me and 100%... without a single doubt in my mind, my favourite fmc i've ever read about. reading about such a gentle, soft, loving, anxious but powerful in her own way girl as a main character and resonating with her in the way i did healed something in me i didn't know needed healing.
i always believe that i read books at the time i’m supposed to read them (everything happens for a reason blah blah blah) but it definitely felt that way with this series.
with all that being said: i need spectacular to be 90% about scarlett and julian or someone's gonna have to deal with me.
i'll mentally be in caraval for the rest of my days <3