A review by aamontillado
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i love this book it’s so well written n i think probably bc i took a shakespeare class n i actually did all the work for that class it was crazy watch movies answer a million questions the final was actually so fuckinf crazy but anyways i love this book i love the ending the only thing i’d say is the ending felt rushed the way the atlas six did like it felt like so much reveal so much happening the last 80 pages or so (for the atlas six it was like the last 100 150 pages) but i still loved them both so it doesn’t matter that much to me this book makes me want to mean mor w my words but i’m not educated so 💀💀💀💀 the characters i think r loveable what a shock n i don’t think this book is super similar to the secret history yes it’s like a group of weirdly specific interests in things students a death in the friend group blah blah but the approach n it all is very differnet i think this book the feeling around it im not gonna say aura bc people made the word weird now 💀 but the feeling like the air around this book is a lot lighter n a lot mor fun i guess idk the air around the secret history is very heavy n still n it’s like u must b quiet it’s very serious in this room but the people in this book r like very normal i think i was expecting them to b reallt fucking crazy bc of the secret history n how people say these books r suepr similar but like the characters r not similar at all n anywyas i loved the book 5 5 5 all the time i never thot once it wasn’t a 5 to me