Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

387 reviews

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

kellymacbrown's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I couldn’t put this book down. Mitch was probably my favorite character. 

There are definitely no good guys or bad guys in this story. At all. Maybe Dol. Dol is a good boy through and through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

neggnogg's review

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

ellenwm's review against another edition

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

3.75

 Interesting concept, good pacing, some lovable characters, lots of moral ambiguity. Starts a little dark academia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Addiction, Suicide, and Abandonment

meganemarshall's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

I don't really know how I feel about this book. I loved the setting. I loved the idea. I love Victor and the strays he is picking up and making a family out of. The side characters were awesome, except Serena. Honestly, Serena deserved worse.

I don't understand how anyone could read this book and not root for Victor. Maybe I had the wrong idea going in. I thought it was going to be hero vs villain or 2 villains against each other. Instead, it was a functioning psychopath against a religious crazy psychopath.

I feel like we're supposed to see both Eli and Victor as villains, but I don't see Victor as a villain at all. Sure, he's killed people, and maybe in the next book, he goes full super villain. Instead, he gets out of prison with his bestie, hunts down a monster, and adopts a little girl and a dog. He is the perfect morally grey protagonist. Good - no, but not the worst of humanity. 

Unlike Eli, who, on the other hand, is the worst. He is a villain. He is the bad guy. He's crazy. He acts like he has the moral high ground, but he's just a religious fanatic, like many serial killers before him. Relying on religion for his motives felt weak. 

People really raved about this book, and maybe it just didn't hit for me. It was a good time, but it didn’t blow me away. I'll put the sequel on my TBR, but i'm not gonna pick it up immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse

triley's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Blood, and Suicide attempt

tamzy6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What a ride! This book read like a graphic novel without it actually being a graphic novel, and that's a testament to Schwab's writing skills. It's fast paced with sociopathic characters and everyone operates in a very morally grey area - just my kind of thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

ivusus's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

outlast0002's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction