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Vicious - Das Böse in uns by V.E. Schwab

402 reviews

diamondbreezy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The pacing slows a bit in the middle but overall a well-executed and focused story, with an interesting premise and engaging & flawed characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Torture

lexilusk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Schwab does a great job of pulling together religious concepts and science into the overall theme of this read. 
Eli, holding this God complex as if he isn’t flawed himself. 
Victor, demanding vengeance for the wrongdoing inflicted on him 10+ years later. 
things started to really pick up about 50% into part two, and the ending was a pleasant moment honestly.

For Victor to get his vengeance and of course Sydney bringing him back, and see Eli go down, because let’s be honest, he was not really a good guy.

I was a little leery about picking up the sequel Vengeful, but now i’m curious to know how the tale of these two will continue to unfold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Religious bigotry

mariecaat02's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Sexual assault

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Vicious is such a dark joyride of a book. It's got everything - women who are the most powerful people around, homoerotic friends-to-enemies, a hulking sidekick who is more brains than brawn, disability rep, an incredible and satisfying solution to the central conflict. I love the jumping around in the narrative, and the way EOs manifest their powers is super thought-provoking. I don't want to say too much, because I think this book is better the less that's known about what happens, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. Can't wait to read Vengeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

gwyllion's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

xchloe_bxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

fin_pilot's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Gore

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 against another edition

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