Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Vicious - Das Böse in uns by V.E. Schwab

434 reviews

mariecaat02'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Sexual assault

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Vicious is such a dark joyride of a book. It's got everything - women who are the most powerful people around, homoerotic friends-to-enemies, a hulking sidekick who is more brains than brawn, disability rep, an incredible and satisfying solution to the central conflict. I love the jumping around in the narrative, and the way EOs manifest their powers is super thought-provoking. I don't want to say too much, because I think this book is better the less that's known about what happens, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. Can't wait to read Vengeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

gwyllion's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rosieraggz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

xchloe_bxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aleareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This book swept me off my feet from the first few pages, and I’m still not ready to come down! It’s one of those rare books where every word is precious AND it’s also a page turner! It’s thought provoking and thrilling. Schwab’s writing is simply beautiful, and the changing timelines are incredibly fluid and effective to the story. 

It has me thinking morality and what makes a hero vs villain, and I love that the motivations of the characters are so fleshed out. 

I would absolutely recommend for anyone, but especially if you love:
🦸‍♀️ superheroes, villains, and super powers 
🦇 the Dark Knight trilogy
✨ thought provoking and thrilling fantasy 

I absolutely cannot wait to read book 2; I will
be getting my hands on a copy soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

earth_to_dani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

flora_arns's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

neggnogg's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

to activate the extraordinary powers, the characters have to die and be revived. This means there are 3 described suicide attempts (for the specific purpose of activated powers) and some descriptions of methods of suicide

gmat's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

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