Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

65 reviews

graceclawson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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

3.75

Okay. So we have the Secret History but instead of the Classics, we have a bunch of theater kids who can quote Shakespeare better than any twenty-one year old would ever be able to. I thought the plot and the writing were good, but if you took out all of the quoted Shakespeare half the book would be missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Grief, Death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment

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

katfrenn_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Amazing read. I flew through this book. The characters are so hatable and lovable and flawed and perfect. I'd love to reread this book. Just a side note that there are lots of potential triggers here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

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

fritzreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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 book has lived on my shelf for far too long. I wish I would have convinced myself to read it sooner. Although the characters are tremendously flawed, you can't help but get absorbed in their world as the story unfolds. These characters are the perfect mix of college students who are trying to make their way in the world while knowing that they have been placed on an unreasonably high pedestal. The higher you are, the farther you fall. I don't want to say the ending was a cliffhanger but I will forever hold out hope that the story ends in favor, that the clues left lead to the ending that bring peace and not heartbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

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

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

allapaz'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

4.75

I love Shakespeare, and I don't know that this would hit the same if I didn't, but dang, this was great. I will say while I love Shakespeare, I am not a Shakespeare scholar, so there were good chunks of this that went right over my head

Spoiler

like the passage left in the note at the end--I was like...okay....until I looked up discussions on the book and DANG what a cool ending

this merits a reread for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

hellothereforeitsalex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

A classic dark academia set up. A group of fourth year students at an elite arts university, with Shakespeare being the name of the game, when there is shift in casting, those who play more secondary roles are moved into the spot light, feelings and egos are bruised. Then one of the seven fourth years is found in the lake after weeks of being cruel towards the rest of the group but when they all have a motive, it’s hard to say who’s responsible or just an accident!! This plot kept me intrigued, I enjoyed that the story was split like a script into acts and scenes, it was actually really effective how each of the different acts were introduced by the main narrator in the later timeline then goes into the past timeline. The story dives into the complexities of human relationships emotions and motivations plus explores how far one would go for someone they love. 

⚠️ Google Trigger Warnings ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Bullying, Drug abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

brooke02's review

emotional funny sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts