Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede

27 reviews

fallandfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Alessa recebeu dos deuses o poder de catalisar e aumentar as habilidades de um consorte visando proteger sua ilha dos demônios. No entanto, ela não consegue controlar esses poderes e acaba matando três consortes, o que faz com que as pessoas da ilha comecem a questionar se não deveriam matá-la. Para garantir sua sobrevivência e a segurança da ilha, ela decide contratar Dante, um assassino das docas, que pode ser a chave para resolver sua situação.
Recebi este livro no aplicativo da Skeelo e decidi que ele seria uma das minhas leituras para a MLI do Victor.
Gostei bastante da escrita da autora, especialmente da maneira como ela descreve o cenário e os relacionamentos entre os personagens.
Criei um carinho pela Alessa. Ela é uma jovem que não pode receber nenhum tipo de carinho físico e vive em uma solidão imensa. Quando tem a oportunidade de receber o companheirismo que tanto deseja, acaba matando os consortes apenas com o toque, e ainda coloca sua ilha em perigo ao precisar desses companheiros para se proteger.
O relacionamento dela com Dante foi bem desenvolvido; a transição de contrato para amizade e depois para o amor aconteceu de forma natural.
Acredito que este livro é, principalmente, sobre amizades, formas de se conectar e receber carinho.
Este livro aparentemente se passa em uma espécie de Itália mágica, com toda a influência italiana presente nos cenários, estruturas e comidas. A criação do mundo foi bem interessante, e achei a história por trás dos poderes e da catalisadora bastante criativa.
Espero que quem ler esta resenha sinta vontade de dar uma chance ao livro. Foi uma fantasia que eu amei muito, e estou animada para ler a continuação assim que possível.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War

evarinya's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

It's heartbreaking.
I loved this book so much. Up to the  ~70-80% mark this was an absolute 5 star read for me.
Interesting premise, cool magic, fun dynamic between the MC and the love interest...
And then the last 20% happened and... no. Just no. The rest of the book was 2 stars at most for me. Just... randomly put together plot elements that, in my eyes, stopped making sense halfway through (those last 20%), the ending seemed to be simply dramatic for drama's sake and I just... didn't find it engaging anymore.
List of things I didn't like behind spoilers:

The random back and forth of Aldrick being "good" vs "evil", the random 180 of Alessa's parents / her mother specifically, the whole treason plotline the moment Dante was captured (also the hints that he was tortured, like, wtf?), the end battle didn't capture me at all anymore (though I don't know, maybe it was well written, I had just... lost any sort of interest in what's happening at this point), and the consulted "she was dying (wtf were all of her guards doing??), then he saved her and died, but she saved him and so he didn't die, but his gift just... vanished? Don't know, don't care anymore. But that he lost his gift at the end was a major gut-punch for me that made the whole reading experience worse.

 I know that there's a second book but I really don't want to read is anymore... And that breaks my heart after this book was so good for so long... But that's what it is. Sadly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, and Classism

tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.75

 Really enjoyed this! Especially loved the romance storyline between the main characters and enough happened within the story that I felt fulfilled even though it ends on a cliffhanger. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

zarhara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Torture

kassidyreads's review against another edition

hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-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

5.0

This Vicious Grace absolutely blew me away! One of the best books I’ve read this year, 5 stars!

Alessa goes through so much growth in this book! She steals every inch of agency she can find, and I love her so much. She learns how to ask for and accept help, she learns how to advocate for herself, and she learns so much about her strength. She’s told for so much of the book that she’s too much - too much power, too much time, too much effort - and she proves to them all that she’s exactly what she needs to be.

This book has such strong themes of connection and community. The found family element was such a surprise, but an absolutely lovely one! The romance was SO CUTE 🥰 Dante is such a sweetheart, even if he acts like an asshole, and he stands up for what he believes in in so many ways. He has so much strength, and he shares it so willingly!

There were twists I didn’t see coming, new informations that I discovered as the characters did, and so many quotes I will want to revisit in the future! But for now I’ll leave you with this:

“We have a bad habit of locking up people who scare us, and the thing that scares men with power most is a woman with more of it.”

I absolutely cannot wait to read the sequel. 5 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

sunbearbeam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Deportation

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

Minor: Sexism and Medical content

marine2907's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail