Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

330 reviews

valenwhite's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

(October 2024 Book Club Pick)

Even though I couldn't get into the book as much as I would have liked to, mainly because of what was happening around me as I read it and not being in the mood for this kind of story, I enjoyed it plenty. I think the story was well structured, the characters were interesting and, once you get used to the time jumps, it feels a lot smoother. I couldn't get into it at first– because of the time jumps, I mean– but you stop jumping so much later on and so it gets easier to digest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism

tessameyers03's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

bskalka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I ate this up the ending was so good. I love when justice is served.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

flo_gay's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

gabby_tijerina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

rhibeanreads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

sabeenreads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Murder

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