Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

231 reviews

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

ashwas1228's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide

westernskynaida's review against another edition

4.0

Man I was not expecting this book to be as good as it was. The first half of the book is kind of slow, but the exposition is needed to understand everyone’s reasoning for things

As someone who has been through their own NDE, it was definitely an interesting take on things and I really enjoyed the semantics of how that causes events in this book

It really does feel like taking the what it means to be a hero or a villain and turning it on its head. Some characters you’ll love, others you’ll probably despise. The last 60 or so pages go by SO fast. I feel like this is a more enjoyable take on the idea from the movie Unbreakable

I’m adding two new major content warnings in the review because I was really NOT prepared for that heavy of a discussion/talk of it during the first half of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

alexashabit's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Self harm

Minor: Drug abuse, Medical content, and Stalking