Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

12 reviews

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A thrilling read. It reads like a YA, but has the content of something a little more adult. I enjoyed rooting for the villains in this one. Marcella and her gold nail polish, mob wife with a real lust for power, was the star of this book. 

Victor was also fun to follow. I couldn’t help but root for them to team up into a league of super villains!

Eli didn’t annoy me in this book as much as he did in the last one… but I’m still pretty unsure if I like him or not. He’s not even fun to hate. I wish there were more to his character. I just find him kind of “meh.” Which is a bad thing for a villain to be. 

And Sydney is of course so endearing. I love her and her attachment to Dol. when I read a chapter from Sydney’s point of view I can’t help but feel that this would make an excellent movie. Kind of a young adult dystopian action adventure movie like the early 2010’s. She’s such a star. Can’t help but root for her, and wonder where she’ll take me next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Torture

Minor: Rape and Toxic friendship

olive_lol'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

aimicampbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

bruts_bane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book but I don’t think it lived up to vicious’ level. I love the strong female rep with Marcella and June. It ended a bit ambiguously which I like cause this way I can assume my own happy ending. I love the relationship between Mitch, Vic and Sydney it’s so cute like a little family. And I love the relationship between Vic and Eli even more. I love seeing it unfold. I didn’t give this 5 stars cause again it wasn’t as good as vicious and I found some parts and POVS a little boring. It was super complex too at some points too so it needs a lot of focus when reading. I adore the way ve Schwab writes so all her books are a delight. One thing that annoyed me is whenever a POC character is introduced she’ll introduce them with their race which is a bit annoying and seems like an afterthought, like if your gonna do that do it with the white cast too. But besides that I liked it and I really wish there were a third book too!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Murder

Moderate: Rape

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

I really liked this book. It was a great continuation of vicious and added a lot more interesting aspects.

The story was beautifully crafted. It created lot’s of loose threads, sending you into different times and to different characters. Slowly the story comes together. It should be complicated. It should have confused me. But somehow the complexities of the story were threaded together so elegantly, it barely was any effort. 
I like how at first you don’t even know what the plot of the book will be and it’s just about creating the story for these characters. 

Loved June as an addition to the story. However, I wasn’t a fan of Marcella. I didn’t like reading from her perspective and had to drag myself through those bits. She just falls flat in contrast to the other amazing characters. 

I wished for more Eli and Victor together. I know logically, that would’ve been really difficult to do. But those two together are so much fun to read. 

Overall a really great book. Beautifully written, wonderful characters and interesting story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

nyssbomb's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

okayniko's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

Minor: Rape