Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - If We Were Villains

‘But sometimes he couldn’t quite leave them behind and learn to be himself again’

‘Silence settled, and i was struck by the senseless idea that we and everything around us was made of glass. I was afraid to breathe, afraid to move, afraid something might break.’

‘The water, too, was still, and I thought, what liars they are, the sky and the water. Still and calm and clear, like everything was fine, and really, it never would be again.’

‘When was the last time you made a mark like this on someone and didn’t know you were doing it.’

‘If he knows how easily he can hurt me, what’s going to make him stop?’

‘Unsure of whether i was trying to protect her or control her or both.’

‘It seemed that soo long as we did it together, our individual sins might be abated. There is no comfort like complicity.’

‘Already I’d found a thousand things to be afraid if. What is one of us let something slip? Talked in our sleep? Forgot how the story was supposed to go? Or perhaps
we’d walk on tiptoes the rest of our lives, waiting for the thread to snap, the axe to fall.’

I enjoyed this dont get me wrong I’m just mad about the end

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

Give this books all the trigger warnings ever.
Theatre troupe of 7 turns to a shatter 6 when one of them is dead after the opening night of their first show of the year.
The characters in this book took me as a reader by storm, with terrible decisions but realistic voices. If someone spoke to me any of their dialogue in real life I would tinge on the feeling of unsafeness and insanity around them, because their voices are dipped and coated in that old English of Shakespeare in at least 25% of their words on paper. I knew this book would highlight many of Shakespeare’s plays given the synopsis but the depth and thought given to how they are interpreted really adds a much deeper level to how I appreciated the novel.

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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