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The Wickeds
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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The reviled villainesses of Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel team up to set the record straight in a subversively funny short story by the number one New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay.
Envious queen? Evil stepmother? Kidnapping hag? Elsinora, Gwendolyn, and Marguerite are through with warts-and-all tabloids, ugly lies, and the three ungrateful brats who pitted them against each other and the world. But maybe there’s more to the stories than even the Wickeds know. Is it time to finally get revenge? After all, they’re due for a happily-enough-ever-after. Even if they have to write it themselves.
The Wickeds is part of Faraway, a collection of retold fairy tales that take the happily-ever-after in daring new directions. Whether read or listened to in one sitting, prepare to be charmed, moved, enlightened, and frightened all over again.
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Melismatic
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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Not sure why this has such a low rating on here! This was funny, light but nuanced, and overall a clever subversion of familiar tropes (& stereotypes/double binds familiar to most women with time and experience). I think it pairs well with the traditional fairytales mentioned (Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel) to offer grounding and an alternate perspective. ⚖️🤷🏻‍♀️💅🏻✨💖

“Faraway” Collection on Amazon complete - this was my fave.

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fredamans
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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They saved the best book as the last in the series! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Read my full review: http://www.fredasvoice.com/2021/10/the-wickeds-gayle-forman-43.html

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Graciouswarriorprincess
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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Book 15 of 150.

@booklyapp

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Literary_Siren
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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Pickpick

I know this hasn‘t gotten good reviews but I loved this story! I can‘t really say too much about it without giving a lot away.

Xerepha What type of story would you compare it to? I‘m always looking for a good book. 3y
Literary_Siren I‘m not sure. It‘s more like a story about how the stepmothers actions were misconstrued. 3y
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Ninja2020
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Mehso-so

It was interesting idea, the 3 wicked stepmothers teaming together to reek revenge on the princesses. However the ending was too cheesy. #fairytales #amazonorginalstories #shortstories

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Mandigolightly
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Panpan

It wasn‘t *bad* but it just was kind of. Blah. Everyone was whiny and put-upon, all three generations, and it was just...really oversimplified. Also, I found the sexual violence against two of the characters to be completely unnecessary.

Eyelit Agreed! I read 4 out of the five in this series and only really liked 2 of them. I found the troll one so-so 3y
Mandigolightly @Eyelit the troll one was okay. I REALLY like the Cleaners. 2/5 of them used sexual violence as just a random plot point, with a third going for human trafficking. Like get it together 3y
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Preciouz29
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
Mehso-so

Liked it until the ending.

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Rehesina
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Bailedbailed

This was really meh. An underwhelming end to a series that really good very good especially with the cleaners and the Princess game.
You can and should just skip this one. The ending war really blegh.

#kindleunlimited

monkeygirlsmama I wanted so much to love this one and I too just did not. 3y
Rehesina @monkeygirlsmama I think it seems even worse because the two before it were so good! :/ what a disappointment (edited) 3y
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klbwriting
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
Mehso-so

This was cute and very fun to read. Nothing mind blowing or particularly revolutionary but still fun and quick.

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monkeygirlsmama
The Wickeds | Gayle Forman
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Mehso-so

Faraway, #5

3 stars

I'm a huge Gayle Forman fan, so I really really wanted to like this Faraway installment. I'd seen it had lower reviews, yet I was hoping to find myself on the opposite side of the coin. Sadly, I wasn't. There were a couple of comical one liners though the Wickeds was kind of just 'meh' for me. I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it.

#kindleunlimited #amazonoriginalstories