Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

33 reviews

pasavedra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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: Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Violence, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

halclylonrain's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse

parkyparkpark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Self harm, Suicide, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

corabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

characters - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
plot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
writing - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Death of parent

jenna36's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book felt really pointless to me, and I already dislike V.E. Schwab's writing style so this book was a recipe for disaster for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

eve_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The nonlinear delivery of the story contributed to such a heightened sense of anticipation and tension. By the final chapters, I was TEARING through the book to get to the resolution.

⁕ Victor and Eli are deliciously flawed and the amoral, anti-heroes of every reader’s dreams.

⁕ I’ve read a lot of reviews saying that this book gives off similar vibes as the Amazon show The Boys. While I agree that it has similar character types, I will say this book is MUCH LESS intense in terms of gore and violence. It’s still there, but if you go in with expectations of high shock value scenes, you will probably be dissatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, and Gun violence

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Stalking

liveryaya's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

rachtabitha's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, and Addiction

oktuber's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The pacing at the beginning of the book was pretty slow. It seemed as though the author was trying to avoid writing just an origin story and instead telling that origin through flashbacks. But this led to every single thing that would have been mysterious, such as whether they will actually become ExtraOrdinaries or what certain character’s powers are, being easily spotted chapters before the big “reveal.” The ending was great, going from about the middle of the book onward, but the beginning was underwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

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