Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Como se Fôssemos Vilões by M.L. Rio

28 reviews

icedpinecones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

This book is complex to rate as it has many high points and many lows. The good is seen in the story of James and Oliver, the prose being a mix of screenplay and standard book writing and the complexities of other characters such as Meredith. Where there's ups there's also downs, the main twist/motive for the villain is poorly executed and really makes the whole thing fall short. Characters such as Alexander and Wren are poorly explored, with things just stated then ignored. I enjoyed it for the most part, but the characters that fall more lackluster make the book fall short and lag behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, and Vomit

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

tragic gays and lots of shakespeare

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Biphobia, Addiction, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

kaybob_0708's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

All I’m gonna say is if Oliver doesn’t go find his man’s with his friends ima be upset, but I didn’t like how the ending was set up to seem like

he was gonna live an be with Meredith for a long time it just doesn’t seem like a good choice since he’s already told her that he did love James when they were together 10 years ago before he went to jail an now since James is “gone” he’s gonna settle for mere. Oliver is to kind for that I feel.

Overall a great story, I lived for all the Shakespeare quotes an the acting part of the story. Definitely don’t miss Richard the dude got what he deserved in my opinion but I also feel like the roles they were put into helped shape their character an ego, Richard was always playing the main role which in Shakespeare plays usually the villain so it’s no surprise that he eventually fell into the role outside of acting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Bullying

sas_ram's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

I guess this is a rather unpopular opinion but I don't really get the hype about this book. For one the setting was interesting but also a little weird and therefore unrealistic. It immediately remembered me of "The secret history" just vibe wise. This was unsettling because I DNFed it. I don't really like the characters but I would have loved to read more

about Oliver and James, I kinda like them together

Another thing is the dialogue stile (Alexander:"  "). It mostly consists of shakespearen re-enactments and is overall kinda underwhelming. First the "crime" plot falls flat and than gets rushed in the end with a reveal, a confession and an arrest. Even the end was kinda expected and some aspects I would love to have heard more about weren't explored any further. 
I don't really get the time structure.
And a few question never get answered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

jankmab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

aas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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: Gore, Grief, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

cdt96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

M.L Rio writes betrayal, loss, guilt and love excellently the characters are well rounded yet perfectly represent their given archetypes. Overall an excellent book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, Addiction, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, Cursing, Classism, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Addiction, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Self harm

cowboysadbop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Self harm