Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

434 reviews

ladybug12793's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.25

fantasy mystery. Evil superheroes. 

I really enjoyed this book. I liked that I couldn’t really tell who the villain was. It felt like every character was morally grey. 

0 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

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

georgiaabigail's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Look, if dark morally grey complex characters are your thing, you’ll love this book. I feel like it just wasn’t for me, I need someone or something to root for and this book didn’t have that. You don’t know who’s side you’re on and you don’t know enough to try. I liked it enough to finish it because I wanted to know what happened but I’m really debating not even picking up the next. I’m not itching to continue this story I’m afraid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

tessameyers03's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

katconig's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

bskalka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I ate this up the ending was so good. I love when justice is served.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

flo_gay's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

halebop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very aptly named book. Worldbuilding requires some suspension of disbelief but the focus of the book is really on the relationships of the characters. Lots of good, complicated feelings and emotions. Every character was interesting and varied. A couple were even likeable. I found the ending very satisfying and I'm eager to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm and Torture

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

sabeenreads's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Murder