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If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

186 reviews

reallyrosalie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder

emilye's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder

gray_ghost's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Body horror and Bullying

epohlig's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much! I loved the mysterious aspect and especially how, in each scene, I always had enough information to know what was going on, but I was always fully aware that I didn’t have all the puzzle pieces, so even when it t seemed to make sense, there were always questions lurking in my head. 
Additionally, the writing style is beautiful, just with the words and phrasings. And I know it’s a bit of a controversial point to non-theatre people, but I personally loved all the Shakespeare references and quotes, especially the parallels between the characters and their roles (which accentuates a point Oliver makes that it can be hard for them to distinguish themselves after a time). To be honest,  I didn’t get some of the Shakespeare quotes (especially the last one which was definitely important, but maybe I was just too tired to work it out), but I loved the book regardless. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Suicide

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

katattack345's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is by far one of the best books I have ever read. It is officially tied for my favourite book ever (a feat untouchable in over 10 years!) I want to devour every book M. L. Rio ever writes and I hope she never stops writing. 

This book is a masterpiece that had me on the edge of my seat never wanting to stop reading from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

Spoiler

gay

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

erensalias's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful and tragic, moved me to tears. My best read of the year, one of my new favorites of all time.

To quote Hadestown:
“It's a sad song
It's a sad tale, it's a tragedy
It's a sad song
But we sing it anyway”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gore, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder

This is a dark academia book. The dark doesn’t stand for aesthetics, it stands for death, always has. People die, people try and fail to cope with that however they can, *if* they can. Discussions of obsession, grief, and what those will drive people to do are explored in this book.

haleymk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Blood, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, and Suicide

Minor: Confinement

fionamatilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic friendship