Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

56 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

If you have seen and enjoyed NBC's Hannibal, Vengeful is for you! 

I knew that Schwab was a fan (as they posted something about rewatching Hannibal as she's writing the third Villains book), but the influence was much more direct in this one than Vicious - especially in the Eli and Stell storyline, which has a lot in common with Will and Hannibal's stints in high-security prisons, helping to catch other killers. And of course, the climatic scene harkens to the defeat of the Red Dragon.

Do not think that this book is just Hannibal with a superhero veneer, though. There are a lot of subplots woven together, and most of them are unique. For example, I love June and her entire character. I love poor Sydney's struggles. I'm intrigued by the shady-orgness of EON. I'm curious as to how the next book will go, given how we left off with plot twists at the end of this one - and I hope Schwab doesn't take too much longer to give it to us!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Vomit

s_kit4's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

honestly better than the first one but didn't knock my socks off the way vicious did. i guess i'm a sucker for novelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Blood

gwyllion's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katelyn_stark's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

meheehee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

beansprout344's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

trapdorr's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

A very solid sequel. I enjoyed the more diverse powers you came across in this novel. How all the powers could be used for good and evil. Morally gray at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A thrilling read. It reads like a YA, but has the content of something a little more adult. I enjoyed rooting for the villains in this one. Marcella and her gold nail polish, mob wife with a real lust for power, was the star of this book. 

Victor was also fun to follow. I couldn’t help but root for them to team up into a league of super villains!

Eli didn’t annoy me in this book as much as he did in the last one… but I’m still pretty unsure if I like him or not. He’s not even fun to hate. I wish there were more to his character. I just find him kind of “meh.” Which is a bad thing for a villain to be. 

And Sydney is of course so endearing. I love her and her attachment to Dol. when I read a chapter from Sydney’s point of view I can’t help but feel that this would make an excellent movie. Kind of a young adult dystopian action adventure movie like the early 2010’s. She’s such a star. Can’t help but root for her, and wonder where she’ll take me next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Torture

Minor: Rape and Toxic friendship

julzella's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

never needed a book series to be adapted into action movies as much as these

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit