There are a couple reasons I didn’t fully adore this book though and I think those are just very me reasons. In the end, it was good that they took care of each other, even if they could have done with a guardian in their lives. I know it’s easier said than done from where I am comfortably sitting childless behind a computer screen, but wow, did I wish that I could somehow help them and care for them, because their parents sure didn’t.

Circumstances can make life hard and people crumble and break at times, but if you have kids, you really have to power through regardless. It’s not that I believe their parents didn’t love them, but they did a terrible job at it. I did not agree with all the choices they made nor the behaviour they sometimes showed, but those boys did the best they could and deserved so much better. I’ve had my fair share of books that mastered the art of completely bending your mind with the possibility of what might be happening, but there were very few doubts about the going ons in the Wicker King for me, which is probably why it was almost scary to read sometimes.Īugust and Jack are wonderful characters and I often just wanted to jump into the story and mother them, hug them and protect them. I don’t want to spoil anything, but you don’t necessarily wonder as much about what is fantasy and what is reality as it might seem at first glance. It’s not an easy read for sure, but it has lovely characters and such an important story to tell. Although I try to get better at not just buying books because of their beauty, the Wicker King definitely paid off.Īll the superficial details aside, I honestly am glad I finally read the book.

If you are a sucker for beautiful covers and extravagant design inside and outside of books, you will have a hard time resisting this one. I’ve wanted to pick up The Wicker King ever since I saw a finished hardcover copy of it in a store in Canada almost 1.5 years ago. CW: hallucinations, unhealthy co-dependency, negligent treatment of children, harmful behaviour and self-endangerment

The wicker king book