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A review by ellianamaselli
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
4.0
3.5 | This book really was very good for so many reasons. The only reason I give it 3.5 stars instead of 5 is because I kinda wish someone had actually, permanently died.
I feel like every terror I felt while reading this book was fake now, and I can’t truly appreciate it anymore, ya know? I hope that makes sense.
Also...that death exchange scene with Julian in the hotel was way more sexual than it had any right to be. Like, that coulda been a really cute scene where character A sacrificed something for character B. But instead, it was just really discomforting for a wide variety of reasons.
Don’t get me wrong: I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. Hopefully in those books, someone will actually die lol (and we won’t get a scene like that again).
I feel like every terror I felt while reading this book was fake now, and I can’t truly appreciate it anymore, ya know? I hope that makes sense.
Also...that death exchange scene with Julian in the hotel was way more sexual than it had any right to be. Like, that coulda been a really cute scene where character A sacrificed something for character B. But instead, it was just really discomforting for a wide variety of reasons.
Don’t get me wrong: I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. Hopefully in those books, someone will actually die lol (and we won’t get a scene like that again).