Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

121 reviews

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Murder

helenadominick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Holy… haven’t loved a book like this since The Secret History

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

annerbtw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Whaaaat the hell... that was a rollercoaster of emotion towards the end. Rio created a great cast of characters, and I loved how they all interacted with each other (even in the ugly moments). I knew I was into the book when I started developing theory after theory of how I thought the book would end - I was wrong. ♥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

teaofleaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder

anoushka05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Infidelity

maddiebusick's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Eating disorder, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

the_archivist_jon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I enjoyed this book, it really kept me guessing. Not one of the turning points were predictable, and I really felt as if I was in the dark alongside Oliver, I didn't expect any of it. 

Spoiler

I do however really wish Oliver and James' relationship was explored more, I feel like with how close they were, it should've been more in-depth. I don't think James' death was particularly necessary, I understand the guilt was eating him alive but I feel as if it was only done to further the damage done by the act the group committed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Eating disorder

nikolemrtnz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

A bit predictable, the ending made it worth it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

kaybob_0708's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

All I’m gonna say is if Oliver doesn’t go find his man’s with his friends ima be upset, but I didn’t like how the ending was set up to seem like

Spoiler

he was gonna live an be with Meredith for a long time it just doesn’t seem like a good choice since he’s already told her that he did love James when they were together 10 years ago before he went to jail an now since James is “gone” he’s gonna settle for mere. Oliver is to kind for that I feel.

Overall a great story, I lived for all the Shakespeare quotes an the acting part of the story. Definitely don’t miss Richard the dude got what he deserved in my opinion but I also feel like the roles they were put into helped shape their character an ego, Richard was always playing the main role which in Shakespeare plays usually the villain so it’s no surprise that he eventually fell into the role outside of acting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Bullying

kaynic22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Violence