Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

235 reviews

rosecott's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Fantastic! Very dark take on the superhero trope.
I wasn’t sure at first, the 2 main characters were not likeable from the off which made me uncertain.  I would have liked a bit more history of their friendship to get me more invested more quickly, and to really feel the change in that relationship. But it does fall into place later on and makes sense. 
Not sure what the deal with the self help books and Victor’s parents was- to highlight why he was the way he was? That didn’t feel clear to me and I don’t think it would have been missed if left out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gabby_tijerina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

mformato's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

An enjoyable fast-paced story with enough tension for what will happen as well as what did happen through the flashbacks that it will keep you thoroughly engaged. I enjoyed that there were no good guys in this story, just bad and worse. I also enjoyed the limitations on people's powers as well as how those powers were pushed and worked together. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys urban fantasy or scifi, stories about moral dilemmas, and cat & mouse chases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

ellenwm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

 Interesting concept, good pacing, some lovable characters, lots of moral ambiguity. Starts a little dark academia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Addiction, Suicide, and Abandonment

megw27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder