Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

103 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

kate001's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

nalej's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

_jasper_394's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully harrowing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Eating disorder

alyssaaahopkinsss's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

For anyone who loves mysteries, shakespeare, and the world of theater. This is a book with high stakes and lovable characters that you become invested in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Murder, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Drug use

danielle_isreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book is a conundrum to review.

On the one hand, the book and it’s characters are engaging, intriguing, and very clever. On the other hand, some of the twists became fairly obvious, and I don’t know if everything about the book earned its final twist—which was a huge gut punch.

 And really, speaking of the end and its twist,

Spoiler

maybe I’m too much of a romance girlie but like, we’re seriously having Oliver *with Meredith* again? There’s no resolution or reunion between him and James, after everything? That’s… so frustrating!

I did like this book, though, even if I didn’t love the final execution. So the final 3.25 rating feels fair!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

aeternum's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

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

star_oats's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

Wasted my time with this book. I had to slog through the endless sexism and slutshaming only for none of them to have any semblance of character depth and development and for the plot twist and ending to be so underwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cursing, Eating disorder, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship