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A review by marymagdalena
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
1.75
this is another one of those books where the premise seems interesting but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
the characters are one dimensional. the book felt too damn long. the plot twists weren't good. the writing was mid at best; it felt like i was being handheld through middle school level metaphors and the amount of just telling me how characters felt and how things were was just Goofy. the ending just makes me feel like there was no point to any of that, like it wasn't enjoyable in the slightest.
sorry for being a hater, but thank christ it's finally over with.
edit: i'm pissed off bc i remembered there's fucking 2 more of these books
the characters are one dimensional. the book felt too damn long. the plot twists weren't good. the writing was mid at best; it felt like i was being handheld through middle school level metaphors and the amount of just telling me how characters felt and how things were was just Goofy. the ending just makes me feel like there was no point to any of that, like it wasn't enjoyable in the slightest.
sorry for being a hater, but thank christ it's finally over with.
edit: i'm pissed off bc i remembered there's fucking 2 more of these books