Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

4 reviews

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Stalking

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hooooooo boy oh boy. this book perfectly straddles the line between books i loved as a kid and stories that compel me as an adult

strongly, strongly recommend reading a physical copy of this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Homophobia, Ableism, Alcohol, and Cursing

mari_library's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content, Stalking, and Sexual content

polychromatic_hedgehog_parable's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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 almost didn't finish this book, but I'm glad that I did, because the last section was really worth it to me :')

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?)

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Content Warnings

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/