E-book, 451 pages
Fantasy, YA
By: Stephanie Garber
βIf you can convince yourself it’s true, you can convince anyone.β
π Caraval was a book that I didn’t enjoy very much despite having many interesting story elements, The main problem in Caraval was it being choppy and all over the place, there were many twists and events that took place in book 1. Before reading this book I had to read book 1 summary twice to get back on track. This book was more organized, less distracting and I felt the author improved her writing style too, so what went wrong?
π let’s start with the writing style, the beginning of this book was so good and promising, that is up until a few chapters and then there is a strange shift where I felt it was written by a totally different person, then it shifts back and forth between brilliant and boring.
π The Pacing was good and despite the presence of some boring moments, I found myself wanting to know what happens, the clear ideas in this book (Honestly this was this book’s strong aspect in comparison with Caraval) helped in achieving this.
π And while book 1 focused on Scarlett, this one focuses on Tella, I don’t know how to feel about that because book 1 focuses on 1 sister while mentioning the other, while this book kind of ignores ScarlettΒ except for a few moments here and there. And that’s not the main problem. Tella is so stupid, I mean if there was a book tag where I have to name 10 stupid characters, Tella has to be on that list! We and her by this point knows how magical and dangerous are deals and bargains during the Caraval, if you are tricked by a bargain then that’s ok, but if you know it is bad and still go into it then that’s just plain stupid!
π And speaking of Magic, where did it go? Caraval was so weird and magical and strange while this second Caraval was boring and where are all the other players? The idea I am getting is that it was specially designed for Tella which is not logical from our understanding of Caraval.
π And the plot twists were expect-able, I would have wanted more, I heard there was a surprising plot twist at the end, but I saw that whole part miles away and I even had better twists in my head!
β…most people give up at the part of the story where things are the worst, where the situation feels hopeless. But that’s when hope is needed most.β
π Final Rating: 3 stars
Did you read this book? Are you planning to? what are your thoughts or expectations?
Wonderful review! I had some problems with Caraval but I was still really looking forward to this one. It’s a shame plot twists weren’t that surprising. I’ll still probably read this one though, if only due to curiosity
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Yes, I didn’t go into this with high expectations but I certainly was curious and wanted some answers!I think it did help clear some things
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Good to hear! I know that thereβs going to be a third one after this. Do you think youβll read it?
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I think yes, I don’t have high expectations but once again, I am curious and I don’t feel myself suffering while reading those books so I can spend 2 days reading it! (But I swear if gets any expansions I am abandoning it because when I first read Caraval I thought it was a standalone )
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Yeah I thought it was a standalone too! But at least the last book is named Finale so I guess they canβt do anymore after that lol. Iβll have to see if I like Legendary before I make decisions about the third one.
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sounds like a plan π
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YES!!! I had to come find this review! I love how she would be on your list of 10 stupidest characters! π
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Thanks for finding this, I appreciate it π
& she was stupid!
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Welcome! Haha! ππ
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