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Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

5 reviews

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

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

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

apworden's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a great first book and I’m excited to watch Kat Cho grow as an author. I’m proud to put this in my classroom!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse