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The Wicked King by Holly Black

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karly_ackley's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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thegreatelise's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An absolute rollercoaster of emotions, this book was amazing, I almost could not put it down, I read it in only a week and I'm usually a slow reader so it says a lot, that while having classes.
I can clearly see why it is the favorite book of so many people in the trilogy, the third book would need a lot for me to like it more than this one.
I was really hooked and the multiple plot twist got me to audibly gasp.
Cardan became such an interesting character in this book, he already was interesting but now I see so much more complexity and depth to the character.
I am still troubled by a lot of things that took place in the book, it made me feel a lot of emotions throughout it.
I really can't wait to read The Queen of Nothing now.

Balekin is an incredible character in my opinion, he is an awful person and I hate him but he is so interesting and well written, I was actually shocked that Jude really killed him and the ending of the book was a true shocker, I can't wait to see what's gonna happen, I'm a bit worried that the third book might be boring since Jude is not in terrafae anymore but I have faith, I really want to see how Cardan is going to be as well.

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kymboh78's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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tinyarthoe's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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catrose97's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

WOW. I thought the first book was good but the second gas surpassed it! I read this entire book in about 2 days or so of travel. So much of the story had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next. Even times my mouth literally opened in surprise at certain parts I couldn’t believe just happened. This story is definitely darker than the first, with so much at play for the characters. You find out even more about each person and Jude becomes even more of a badass than she was in the first book (although she faces MANY difficulties and small defeats). The ending though has made me almost mad 😡. LIKE WHAT?! You know if you’ve read this book what I’m talking about. What the heck is going to happen in the third book?!?!?!

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