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kazli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
friends2lovers's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Vomit
rebecca142's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexism, and Grief
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer, Incest, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Further warning for a student/teacher relationship - never framed as a bad thing as far as I can tell.itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
li_reading's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
With characters you cannot help but love, while driving you to hair-pulling frustration, Rio weaves the line of morality wonderfully. As the characters are drawn into the world of Shakespeare, you are drawn into theirs.
Just when you think you have it figured out, Rio pulls the rug out from under you, time and time again, ending with a finale that will leave you in a daze.
The intricacies of language Rio uses tell the reader exactly what is going to happen, while still maintaining tension, is genius. Upon re-reading the book you will find yourself laughing out loud at how boldly she spelled it all out.
If We Were Villains is a book you can sink your teeth into, and I intend to, many times over.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Racism, and Rape
my_forest_library's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Eating disorder, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Homophobia
parkergeist's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, and Murder
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit
Slut shaming. Overdose (non-graphic, non-POV character). Date rape/assault "jokes"; various bigoted comments and similes (one use of the G slur, "sex change" joke, descriptions such as "like a slave trader at auction" and "savage tribal drum beat"). Weird handling of EDs and addiction.eve_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
⁕ This is not an action-driven story, but one ruled by characters, emotion, and aesthetic. You read it more to feel a certain way than you do to experience a traditional plot.
⁕ As a theatre geek, I ADORED the references to classical plays. Even more so, I was in awe of the acutely accurate representation of what an education in the performing arts looks and feels like (minus the murder, of course). It made my thespian heart swoon.
⁕ The way that Rio blends her own prose Shakespeare's is seamless. She draws metaphors and references from classic works in a way that is not cheesy or redundant, but hauntingly beautiful. Her writing has the effect of punching right to the heart of these plays in a way that you never experienced in your high school lit class.
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Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol