Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

166 reviews

mellowreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Give me dark, tragic, gay academia and I’ll give anything 5 stars. The ending. I don’t know how to feel 😭 also making Fillipa date the Professor was so random and unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

sincerelygracec's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Violence, Drug use, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Vomit

warlockdorian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Murder, Mental illness, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

gray_ghost's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Body horror and Bullying

aquariusvintage's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

cheye13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

As a theatre kid with a literature degree, this sure did Hit. I don't know what to say about this one that hasn't been said. It hits the mark with actors and acting classes, torture of academia, drama of a semi-forced family unit, Shakespearean magnitude. Using excerpts of Shakespeare as a literary device to set the tone and shape the story was impressively clever. The audio performance was magnificent.

I was enjoying everything as it was and then the final "twist" (kinda?) absolutely wrecked me. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending specifically, but the story as an overall piece of art is wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Bullying

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Biphobia, Sexual content, and Vomit

a couple instances of drowning, near-drowning, attempted drowning.

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Bullying, Outing, Blood, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Biphobia

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

marieeveparentroy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Suicide