A review by koistyfishy
The Wicked King, by Holly Black
adventurous
dark
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? No
4.0
Original Read: 5⭐️
Reread: 4⭐️
Whilst I still enjoyed this the second time through and I did like the character development that took place in this book, I didn’t find myself as obsessed with this book as I love the first one.
There is something about HB’s writing that almost annoys me with her plot layout. She tends to keep a lot of it secret from the reader even though you are in Jude’s head you don’t know what she is always thinking or scheming so it could be the “shock” factor of letting the scheme play out… and sometimes I just wanna know what is going through her head before she schemes to see how her mind works forming the plans, but instead you are just shown the result of the plan which gets annoying… especially since she herself seems irritated when the same thing happens to her in the plot not knowing other characters plans…
Still I did enjoy this reread and am jumping into the final book! I need my final fix of Jude and Cardan
Reread: 4⭐️
Whilst I still enjoyed this the second time through and I did like the character development that took place in this book, I didn’t find myself as obsessed with this book as I love the first one.
There is something about HB’s writing that almost annoys me with her plot layout. She tends to keep a lot of it secret from the reader even though you are in Jude’s head you don’t know what she is always thinking or scheming so it could be the “shock” factor of letting the scheme play out… and sometimes I just wanna know what is going through her head before she schemes to see how her mind works forming the plans, but instead you are just shown the result of the plan which gets annoying… especially since she herself seems irritated when the same thing happens to her in the plot not knowing other characters plans…
Still I did enjoy this reread and am jumping into the final book! I need my final fix of Jude and Cardan
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Minor: Vomit