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chandlarskye's Reviews (120)
“...it is sad, of course, to forget. But it is a lonely thing to be forgotten. To remember when no one else does.”
Where do you even begin with a book like this? One that steals your heart and holds it in its grip for the entirety of the story. Squeezing and pulling in all the right places to make you feel exactly the right things.
This book hurt. This book brought alive so many fears and heartaches that it was almost too hard to read, but I had to. Because like Addie I held onto the hope that I could will the story into a happy ending. That it wouldn’t end in the way I knew it would end as soon as I started reading it.
The anxiety that builds in this book is matched by every captivatingly poetic sentence that strings you along the adventure that is Addie’s life. It was hard to put the book down and even harder to pick back up when I had the time.
I never knew how much I missed the pain of a slow burn heartache until I read this. This book surprised me in as many ways as it was predictable. The writing the perfect match to the tone the book set. I almost wish I could read it again for the first time.
Where do you even begin with a book like this? One that steals your heart and holds it in its grip for the entirety of the story. Squeezing and pulling in all the right places to make you feel exactly the right things.
This book hurt. This book brought alive so many fears and heartaches that it was almost too hard to read, but I had to. Because like Addie I held onto the hope that I could will the story into a happy ending. That it wouldn’t end in the way I knew it would end as soon as I started reading it.
The anxiety that builds in this book is matched by every captivatingly poetic sentence that strings you along the adventure that is Addie’s life. It was hard to put the book down and even harder to pick back up when I had the time.
I never knew how much I missed the pain of a slow burn heartache until I read this. This book surprised me in as many ways as it was predictable. The writing the perfect match to the tone the book set. I almost wish I could read it again for the first time.
3.5, really.
I wanted to love this book more than I ended up loving it, and I think that was my main issue. I went in with too high of expectations, and after reading a book that blew my mind.
But, that still doesn’t change that I felt this book was lacking. Especially within the fact that Bracken included so much exterior information at the beginning and ending of the book to help guide the reader. It made the story itself seem like it had holes and developed too slowly to truly capture the reader. It was this grand mystery that I wanted to unfold, but rather just forcing myself to keep reading so I could understand the story she was trying to tell — which I feel like I did so only because Bracken is one of my all time favorite authors.
I do think it had a good message and a good overall story. I like the way it ended, and the answer to the overlying questions and problem. I’m glad I read it all the way through instead of abandoning after the first 100 pages like I’d usually do if a book didn’t immediately capture my mind. Worth the read, but don’t go in with super high expectations like I did. Just expect a story to be told.
“Not free, never free”, but always a choice.
I wanted to love this book more than I ended up loving it, and I think that was my main issue. I went in with too high of expectations, and after reading a book that blew my mind.
But, that still doesn’t change that I felt this book was lacking. Especially within the fact that Bracken included so much exterior information at the beginning and ending of the book to help guide the reader. It made the story itself seem like it had holes and developed too slowly to truly capture the reader. It was this grand mystery that I wanted to unfold, but rather just forcing myself to keep reading so I could understand the story she was trying to tell — which I feel like I did so only because Bracken is one of my all time favorite authors.
I do think it had a good message and a good overall story. I like the way it ended, and the answer to the overlying questions and problem. I’m glad I read it all the way through instead of abandoning after the first 100 pages like I’d usually do if a book didn’t immediately capture my mind. Worth the read, but don’t go in with super high expectations like I did. Just expect a story to be told.
“Not free, never free”, but always a choice.
If a book could have free will this book has it.
You know, I don’t actually think that I could write a proper review to this book as it is far too complicated to describe the book let alone my feelings towards the absolute, beautiful chaos this book ended up being.
All I have to say is: sure, yeah, I get it, but screw you Erin Morgenstern.
You know, I don’t actually think that I could write a proper review to this book as it is far too complicated to describe the book let alone my feelings towards the absolute, beautiful chaos this book ended up being.
All I have to say is: sure, yeah, I get it, but screw you Erin Morgenstern.
An absolutely amazing read. This book kept me on my toes and every single chapter ended in a cliffhanger that made me never want to put the book down.
A reminder that you are more than who everyone else thinks you are. A reminder that you can change. A reminder that the world and everything you were taught to believe can change in an instant to be everything you never thought it could be. Nothing is set in stone, and yet everything is fated to be exactly as it was meant to be.
Elias and Laia are two unlikely heroes who prove everyone around them wrong. Follow them in their journey to become more than they ever thought they could.
A reminder that you are more than who everyone else thinks you are. A reminder that you can change. A reminder that the world and everything you were taught to believe can change in an instant to be everything you never thought it could be. Nothing is set in stone, and yet everything is fated to be exactly as it was meant to be.
Elias and Laia are two unlikely heroes who prove everyone around them wrong. Follow them in their journey to become more than they ever thought they could.
It’s amazing what you can do if you just believe in yourself. If you stop letting other people label you based on what THEY think you should be or what THEY think you should do.
Every character in this series goes through that transformative thought process. They become strong, because they release themselves of the cage society has put them in.
Join Laia, Helene, and Elias as they continue to toe the line of what is morally right and what they have always known. How far will they go to prove they are better than their labels? How hard will they fight to break their chains and try to change the world?
Every character in this series goes through that transformative thought process. They become strong, because they release themselves of the cage society has put them in.
Join Laia, Helene, and Elias as they continue to toe the line of what is morally right and what they have always known. How far will they go to prove they are better than their labels? How hard will they fight to break their chains and try to change the world?
I don’t have anything to say other than HELENE AQUILLA DESERVED LOVE and I still don’t ship Elias and Laia.
Helene and Elias were meant to be and that poor girl fell in love WITH HIS BROTHER. Like you can’t tell me she just settled for the other brother. Like she did. 100%. And now she gets no one.
Helene and Elias were meant to be and that poor girl fell in love WITH HIS BROTHER. Like you can’t tell me she just settled for the other brother. Like she did. 100%. And now she gets no one.
I can’t tell you the amount of times I thought I had the plot figured out and then found out I was absolutely wrong.
The plot is dark and scary, and the idea of caraval being this game that you never know the difference between reality and magic is quite frightening. People die. Trust is broken. Everything you think you know is wrong.
I loved it up until the very end. While it does end in an ominous note, I almost wish the ending was just a bit darker. It almost felt like too good of a conclusion. Which I’m sure most people wouldn’t find a happy ending a problem, but it felt like a 180 from the majority of the plot. I wanted a darker ending.
Here’s to hoping books two and three explore the dark side of magic further and don’t continue in the light.
The plot is dark and scary, and the idea of caraval being this game that you never know the difference between reality and magic is quite frightening. People die. Trust is broken. Everything you think you know is wrong.
I loved it up until the very end. While it does end in an ominous note, I almost wish the ending was just a bit darker. It almost felt like too good of a conclusion. Which I’m sure most people wouldn’t find a happy ending a problem, but it felt like a 180 from the majority of the plot. I wanted a darker ending.
Here’s to hoping books two and three explore the dark side of magic further and don’t continue in the light.
I think I’d go with more of a 4.5 stars.
I liked this book much more than the first book. I found Tella to be a much more likable protagonist. Always willing to throw herself headfirst into anything and everything to get things done. She was fearless and reckless, and those things make a story for me.
I also liked that this book didn’t end with a little bow of perfection at the end. There were still many things unresolved. Not everyone was happy and there was still trouble about the world, unlike the ending of the first one.
Even darker, with so many more chances to question the difference between reality, and what could have been a game. I did not want to put this down so I could solve the mysteries that piled up after each chapter. Every one seemingly getting less and less predictable as the story went on.
All for one. The identity of Legend finally revealed, and honestly, I hated it.
I liked this book much more than the first book. I found Tella to be a much more likable protagonist. Always willing to throw herself headfirst into anything and everything to get things done. She was fearless and reckless, and those things make a story for me.
I also liked that this book didn’t end with a little bow of perfection at the end. There were still many things unresolved. Not everyone was happy and there was still trouble about the world, unlike the ending of the first one.
Even darker, with so many more chances to question the difference between reality, and what could have been a game. I did not want to put this down so I could solve the mysteries that piled up after each chapter. Every one seemingly getting less and less predictable as the story went on.
All for one. The identity of Legend finally revealed, and honestly, I hated it.
First of al AHHHHHH. B) ahahsjdlflltrjsj *) jacks surely would’ve killed legend the moment he lost his immortality, but I guess I’ll let it slide