Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

43 reviews

capsandclauses's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

“Maybe we are broken. But we put ourselves back together. We survived. That’s what makes us so powerful. And as for family—well, blood is always family, but family doesn’t always have to be blood.”

Look I'm going to say it.

This book dragged on a LOT more than the first book.

Vengeful is the not-really-needed sequel to Vicious, which was published years before. We follow the continuation of the events of the last book, which left superpowered 'villain' Victor Vale on the run with his found family of a resurrected dog, resurrecting little girl and loveable brute and superpowered 'hero' Eli Ever locked up in room without a key. Now, years later, new powered villains are emerging, and the government is determined to track each and every one of them down.

I loved reading more about the characters from the first book. The found family is what drew me into this series and I loved seeing them grapple with their own humanity, and the costs of their crimes. However, I couldn't get myself to be invested in the new characters June and Marcella, and their stories ended up occupying what felt like a majority of the text.

This book continued to have the vicious (ha!) violence of the first book, and I do love an antihero. Unfortunately, the pacing and new characters of this just meant that it didn't quite come together how I'd hope.

“Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it’s sharp.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide attempt

beansprout344's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

miguelito_juanito's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

cosmicwillow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.0

i really enjoyed this! i found it to be a good sequel, however i think there’s far too much left to be said about this cast of characters and the expansion of the world to make it an entirely successful and logical duology/sequel, so im hoping a third book will come at some point. regardless, it was a cool read, but im just finding myself wanting more. also i definitely think the treatment of female characters didnt improve much from the previous book which is unfortunate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and Blood

jodellwri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

carmineslamp's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

i have never been more mentally ill about something. i was clawing at my seat. i was making faces in public.

a lot of this book is build up, and by god did i love that. we got a lot of background on eli, which i ADORED (in lvoe with religious imagery) and oh my god, i wanted to crush him in my hands and drink him like a soup. the introduction of marcella was so (vague, animalistic noises). 

in love with syndey clarke, in love with victor vale, etc.

they have GOT to stop killing the dog though wtf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content

heartsallure's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

girls don’t want boys … girls (me) want victor vale

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Drug use

rhyslightning's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

5.0

If you’ve already read Addie LaRue, then I can say this one ends leaving a similar taste in your mouth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

stardustvein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

artmuseam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

what can i say? ve schwab has done it again. if i have to be honest, the second book was somehow even more enthralling and twisted than the first one. i loved the new characters we were introduced to and the way that both new and remaining characters were intertwined was so well done! the fast-paced action and constant suspense made it so difficult for me to put down this book. i can’t get enough of this!! 5/5 stars <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexual content