Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

20 reviews

piperclover's review against another edition

I definitely don't think that this is bad in any way and I'm actually really really intrigued by some aspects of it it's just not what I thought it was going to be and I'm not really enjoying where it's going. I think this could be a fantastic horror thriller about a woman who murders bad men in the same vein as They Never Learn by Layne Fargo because of the creature she is and what her biology demands.  

The opening chapter of this book made me think that it was going to be a ya version of They Never  Learn but that opening scene of her hunting and stalking this bad man to kill is the only time in the first 52% we see that happen so I was set up for something that never came. 

 This has great themes about morality.

Miyoung is always having a morality crisis about what she does and is trying to justify how she hunts to make herself a better person than she thinks she is.  She isolates herself and is incredibly stand official room to people to avoid becoming reliant on anyone because she's afraid of being abandoned the way her mother was abandoned. 

Jihoon does a similar thing and he does it fairly well but he does it by being so charming and gregarious that people think he has all of these friends so nobody gets close to him.  This creates a really interesting dynamic where they do the same thing and therefore make logical sense to be together or at least be friends because they understand what being abandoned by a parent feels like and being lonely but because they go about their isolation in such vastly different ways, they butt heads about everything.

 

All of these points are intriguing but I'm just not vibing with the plot much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

sophieamreacher's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Fantastic book. I loved the characters, the angst, the heartbreak, the relationships. I also loved the setting of Seoul with all the cultural references to the food, the customs, and the tv dramas. I love reading about other country’s mythology’s (especially fox spirits) so I adored learning about Korea and it’s mythology through this amazing book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

kassidyreads's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death

hello_lovely13's review

adventurous emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Grief and Child abuse

andatherrin's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, and Sexual harassment

movedtogoodreads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abandonment

miss__manga__'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A slow start. Reads like a kdrama. Ending made me cry and was done so beautifully! One of my favourite reads of this year so far!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

_forestofpages's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

The cons are basically that the pacing was weird at times. It felt like it started off fast paced then halted, then sped up again. Also that some of the action was hard to understand because it wasn't written as well as the reat of the book. I felt like the author is best at writing dialogue, emotion and tender moments, but not great with action. Now onto everything I loved:

Going into this expecting a young adult romance with mythical elements was the best way for me, because I ended up surprised and delighted by the nuance and emotional storytelling. This was more than a slow burn romance, this was about identity, legacy, family, parental relationships, friendship and grief. I cried or had to hold back tears more than once because I related to the characters so deeply. I loved the main two characters the most, but everyone felt nuanced and fleshed out. 

If you are looking for a heavy plot-focused story, or a very detailed world, this is light on those elements. But it's so deep in character and emotion. Especially if you had a complex relationship with your parents. 

The Korean mythology and the sections that were dedicated to talking just about gumiho and various past gumiho, was amazing and felt like natural breaks. Those short tales also helped to explain the extreme suffering aat the hands of humand, and complexity of gumiho's feelings towards them. Which helped to explain certain motherly figures. 

All in all. I loved this more than I thought I would and will be getting the second, and last book in this duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol

kitausu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this! I will definitely be reading the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

deadbookishsociety's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail