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Kellie
is 97% done
It's definitely a YA novel. Very mansplanny and drawn out in its explanation... and hooray, everyone lived... At least I wasn't crazy about the timeline stuff. He doesn't age while the games are on? They're only on for a week at a time every few months; how can that slow down decades of aging? Cause th old man at the carousel was defeinately Legend with his wrinkles and old age, so Julien should also be very old....
— Jan 23, 2026 08:50AM
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Kellie
is 84% done
Again, listening not reading, so I'm guessing on the spelling of "Deangle" but I'm sure it's an anagram for "Legend". Though if I look it up I know I'll get spoilers.
— Jan 22, 2026 07:45PM
Kellie
is 72% done
I hate the persistent trope that female characters are only interesting if they're s*xually assaulted.....
— Jan 21, 2026 07:52PM
Kellie
is 70% done
The color thing bugs me.... mostly the "colors she has never seen". It's like it's trying to hard to be unique, and it's just meh
— Jan 21, 2026 07:31PM
Kellie
is 68% done
I feel like everyone tries to rewrite the scene from the Notebook.... the rain, the arguing, the tension.... this is like the umpteenth book in a row, and I'm just kind of bored with the same plot device over and over.....
— Jan 21, 2026 07:27PM
Kellie
is 60% done
Again I'm having comprehension issues.... they talk about her grandma when she was young, they talk about events in the past, but they aren't portraying Julien as very much older than Scarlett. So what is the timeline here??
— Jan 21, 2026 03:10PM
Kellie
is 54% done
Me re reading chapter 21 several times because I'm struggling with reading comprehension😭
— Jan 21, 2026 11:28AM
Kellie
is 48% done
The lesson is: once the pretty exterior is stripped away, there is only the dangerous interior left. And once all of the beauty and magic is stripped away from Caraval, it will be a very dangerous place to be.
— Jan 21, 2026 06:15AM
Kellie
is 45% done
Aiko... Scarlett.... Rebecca Soler.... that must've been fun😅
— Jan 20, 2026 06:50PM
