428 reviews for:

The Wicked Remain

Laura Pohl

3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny mysterious
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

this gave me a lot of comfort somehow. 

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adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A very solid mish mash of retellings. Though I do feel like Nani’s beauty and the beast tale was severely lacking as far as stakes go.

I really loved that the ending was about finding self worth and friendship.

The plot was fairly slow at times, but I surprisingly found myself not minding. It also helped that the chapters were fairly short.

Im still trying to work out the use of Rory’s and Yuki’s blank chapters. I get what they were trying to do, but I don’t think they added anything to the story.
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hmm, I need to sit on this one for a couple of days. I really enjoyed myself, and some of the representation issues I had in book 1 didn't happen here. I love our girls (esp Nani and Rory) and I am so happy that they
got their happy ending. But I felt like the end was a bit nonsensical - how exactly did they work out that that was the way to break the curse? Also, how much blood does Yuki have?? They seemed to use a lot of it.
And yet, despite it making not a whole lot of sense, it was compulsive and I had a great time reading it. 4 stars (for now?)

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