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A review by akswhy
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
5.0
This. Book. Has. Everything.
- unconventional structure
- a cast of insufferable theatre students constantly lobbing Shakespeare quotes at each other
- homoerotic tension that only women and villains seem to notice
- a random lake in Illinois
- gay love in main- and sun-plots
- holiday family drama in Ohio
- decadent ambiguity
- so. many. secrets.
- the thespian’s curse (it’s that thing when a thespian has to explain why being a thespian is not a choice, but a way of life to a painfully logical person and fails miserably)
- unconventional structure
- a cast of insufferable theatre students constantly lobbing Shakespeare quotes at each other
- homoerotic tension that only women and villains seem to notice
- a random lake in Illinois
- gay love in main- and sun-plots
- holiday family drama in Ohio
- decadent ambiguity
- so. many. secrets.
- the thespian’s curse (it’s that thing when a thespian has to explain why being a thespian is not a choice, but a way of life to a painfully logical person and fails miserably)
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, and Murder