Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

97 reviews

miguelito_juanito'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

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

olive_lol's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

infiniteerin's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

amme's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

rtherese's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Great, but falls short of the first one. Too many characters and plot points that made the web of stories too wide. I enjoyed the character of Marcella Riggins, but the addition of the Mafia in Merit city seemed a little uninspired especially since there was no foreshadowing of a crime syndicate in the first book.

With regards to June, I loved her character, but without a proper explanation of her relationship to Syd, it seemed to me at times that their friendship was a little predatory. I’m not sure yet if that was the intended effect of the writer.

I really wish there was more of the original trio, Vic, Mitch, and Sidney, and even a little bit of Eli, instead of semi-fleshing out several new characters that don’t seem to matter much in the end. In an ideal world, because I loved the first book so much, this second book would have revolved around fewer characters, fewer plot points. That would have given the story and the characters enough time to have resolved a more satisfying arc, especially since the new problems the “old” characters are dealing with are very interesting on their own. 

My criticisms about this second book are born out of love because of how much I loved the story, the world, the characters of the first book. Still, it was a blast to read, and many times through the novel did I audibly gasp. Thank you for this exciting book, and as always with readers, I only want more of what I loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Why are murderous women so hot? 
I loved this book. This Duology is just amazing and everything that I needed right now and forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

libreroaming's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death

carmineslamp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

i have never been more mentally ill about something. i was clawing at my seat. i was making faces in public.

a lot of this book is build up, and by god did i love that. we got a lot of background on eli, which i ADORED (in lvoe with religious imagery) and oh my god, i wanted to crush him in my hands and drink him like a soup. the introduction of marcella was so (vague, animalistic noises). 

in love with syndey clarke, in love with victor vale, etc.

they have GOT to stop killing the dog though wtf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content