Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

27 reviews

jcdudley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

I knew going into this book that it would be phenomenal and it definitely delivered!! Maguire has a masterful way of world-building and storytelling, and I almost immediately fell in love with the characters. This book had me laughing, crying, and philosophizing almost the entire time, and I am STOKED to read the rest of this series ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, Murder, Child death, and Animal death

For a book based on a children's novel and wholesome family film, this story is everything but wholesome and whimsical. It is very dark and features a lot of potential triggers that could upset readers so I'd definitely recommend looking into those before picking this one up.

yossy_cookie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

julesmae's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual content

vicious's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Grief

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Bullying, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Genocide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent

shaunaxx's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The beginning and start of the middle was the most dry and boring thing I’ve ever read the only redeeming thing about it is the later middle. The ending was rushed and character development was all over the place. 
None of this is mentioning that it was NOTHING like the musical which is the sole reason I bought it in the first place but I decided to separate the two as different stories all together around 40% of the way through...it would have been a 1 star otherwise...
The writing was very telling not showing and all the questions of religion and morality and of the soul got old within the first 4 pages let alone the other 500....
Overall wouldn’t recommend or at least would recommend WITH THE KNOWLEDGE ITS NOTHING LIKE THE MUSICAL

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, and Religious bigotry

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hettyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence