Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

14 reviews

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

delandjessica's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse

No sexual content at all and almost no romance

locust1266's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love and when I say love love this book . And if you like kdrama or Korean content you will love this book. 

This is probably the first time I have liked a male lead as much as I like Jihoon . That man is perfection in its self . If someone took everything I love and put it in a book this book would be it. It's Soo so good . I love the main characters so much . And the side characters too❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Somin is a queen and changwan holds my heart in a plater .I loved the Korean mythology aspect of this book alot too. 



Now to the this I didn't like as much idk if it's just me but something that annoys me about Korean tv shows and other media is that
Bad=ugly in them .the villains or antagonists are many times  described as ugly, fat or are gross In general. Wicked fox had it a bit in the beginning but after that it didn't bother me anymore. Also the books slow but I really didn't mind I loved the parts of the book when the relationship between the characters were explored. 

<Spoiler>
Also I absolutely hate yena I don't like the shaman and gu myoungs dad too but... I just don't think I'll ever be able to forgive yena for hurting my Jihoon !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying

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

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Police brutality

In regards to police brutality we learn Miyoung's bio dad was a cop who attempted to kill her and her mother many years ago, not sure if this falls under police brutality but thought it was worth mentioning

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

lisa_m's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I feel like I keep repeating myself, but this was a book unlike anything I have read before. It's based on Korean mythology and the main story takes place in Seoul. I didn't know much about Korean culture or mythology but that only made this book more interesting.

I don't say this often but I think this book could have been longer. There are two parts and it could have easily been cut in half and made into two different books. The ending of the first half felt like a typical ending of a book in a series. I was surprise that it was in the middle.

The story was captivating and the only flaw in my opinion was the writing style of the author. I didn't feel truly immersed in the story ever though I really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to reading the second book though and maybe she improved there. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

 4 ⭐ CW: violence, murder, parental abandonment, family death, grief, attempted murder of a child

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho is an urban YA fantasy set in Seoul, South Korea. This was a great easy, light read that was really needed after the slog that was Red Rising and the sob-fest that was They Both Die at the End. This was a nice palate cleanser.

We follow Jihoon, an underachieving high school student who lives with his Halmeoni (Korean for grandmother) and helps out at their restaurant and has a penchant for gaming. Although, Jihoon is well liked and is charming and charasmatic, he doesn't let many people in (re: abandonment issues. Can relate.)

His life takes a turn when a girl saves his life in the woods after he is attacked by a dokkaebi. The girl who saves him is Miyoung, a gumiho it nine-tailed fox. Jihoon soon realizes that the legends are true. Miyoung realizes that there are things she doesn't know about being a gumiho.

I loved seeing the progression of Miyoung and Jihoon's friendship along with how that friendship grew over time with Jihoon's other friends. It also really appreciated the peak into Korean culture and language (thank goodness for glossaries at the end of the book!)

Each chapter alternates between Jihoon and Miyoung's pov with the gumiho origin story in-between. I love reading mythology from other cultures! It can tell you so much about a culture and how they relate to things through storytelling. The nice thing about this book is that with the way it ended, you don't necessarily have to read the second book unless you want to. Cho did a great job wrapping up the story in a neat way that didn't feel forced.

I'm looking forward to Vicious Spirits now! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Death, and Grief

attempted murder of a child