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gabrielab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
simixfe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Suicidal thoughts
jenarae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Violence and Sexual content
utopiastateofmind's review against another edition
4.5
You get this sensory experience where you feel yourself being dragged in like August. The nooks, crannies, hooks, and tenderness in their relationship. And yet The Wicker King inhabits this space of relatability amidst it all. In this space where you feel like you orbit around someone else. So badly crave their acceptance, their acknowledgement of you. And what you would do to chase that. Or is that just me?
Moderate: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders
fromlindenmere's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence
calicot's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm
Minor: Homophobia
polychromatic_hedgehog_parable's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I really like how the book was formatted! :O Most chapter-type objects were about a page, each had a title, and they more often than not did not fall directly after the previous one. Like many vignettes.
https://kancrum.com/content-warnings/ K Ancrum seems like the bomb diggity
I think that the end was nice/cathartic for me due to:
- the drop in action
- antagonistic relationships with therapists
- showing weakness
- getting what you "need" but not what you need
idk. more to think about there.
I REALLY LOVED THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END. THE BOOK WAS WORTH IT JUST FOR THAT. ;~; <3
gotta find more polyam content
I've been engaging with a lot of kink content recently, and I really dislike how lots of it frames consent. Does no one else hold long conversations about these things before (or while??) instituting a dynamic? The "you haven't said 'no'" scene was helpful, but the book is also clearly aware that everyone depicted is a teen/people in general frequently do not make the best decisions for themselves and other due to many factors/codependency is rough. Absence of a "no" is not consent, and it seems like the book should know that lol.
(being too detail oriented: did teens text in 2003? I don't remember, but I'm feeling like most may not have?)
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence
https://kancrum.com/content-warnings/podanotherjessi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Characters: 9
Plot: 8
Setting: 8
General appeal: 9
Writing style: 10
Originality: 10
Ending: 7
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Drug use
reapingallthebenefits_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Neglectful parents,earl_grey_without_lemon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Cursing
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Addiction
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders