August Bateman, a poor boy of mixed race, tries to earn extra money by running drugs in their high school. I received a review copy from the author which in no way swayed my opinion about the work.Īncrum examines love, friendship, and mental illness in her debut The Wicker King-a quiet, dark, and beautiful novel told in vignettes. In the end, each must choose his own truth. As Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy in this alternate world, even August begins to question what is real or not.Īugust and Jack struggle to keep afloat as they teeter between fantasy and their own emotions. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own-a world ruled by the Wicker King. When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Goodreads | Amazon | IndieBound | Fully Booked Other classifications: Depression and Mental Illness, LGBTQIA, Young Adult
Genre: Fiction- Psychological Thriller, Realistic Source: Author (thank you so much, Kayla!) Ancrum's The Wicker King touches on themes of mental health and explores a codependent relationship fraught with tension, madness and love.Publication: October 31st 2017 by Imprint Written in vivid micro-fiction with a stream-of-consciousness feel and multimedia elements, K. In the end, each one must choose his own truth. He accepts the visions as reality, even when Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy.Īugust and Jack alienate everyone around them as they struggle with their sanity, free falling into the surreal fantasy world that feels made for them. With their parents' unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has-on his own. Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. Jack once saved August's life.now can August save him?Īugust is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team-but their intense friendship goes way back. The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness.
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