Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

71 reviews

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

radiocryptid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

Shidding and farding and crying in the club I am obsessed with this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcohol, and Gore

rae_diant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gun violence, Self harm, Gore, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

In an Instagram post last month,
V.E Schwab publicized an editors comment, which read “you’re readers will follow you anywhere.” Out of all the authors I have read over the years, I cannot think of one more fitting of this than Schwab, and Vicious is just the latest example.
Vicious follows two best friends, Victor and Eli, and the dark path that awaits them as a science thesis goes horribly wrong. The experiment in question: what is the essence behind an ExtraOrdinary person….and is it possible to create one?
I love the philosophical questions intertwined with the dark academia setting and more gruesome plot progressions, since it rounds into a more complex story. Even though Victor is a morally gray character, I still found myself rooting for him, in spite of his numerous faults. I think this goes to show the significance of character development in Schwab’s work (even the side characters), something I am exciting to read more of in the future. I have a feeling that the sequel (vengeful) will be a five star read for me, since there is less “magic system” development:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Abandonment, and Medical content

Minor: War

kaadee'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Again this man is going to have to go into my book of ‘Fictional characters with white hair that I want to fuck’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Drug use, and Medical trauma

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

dark

5.0

Okay, wow. I didn't know anything about this except Victor Vale is not a bleeping sidekick and he's morally grey. Didn't expect LITERALLY

killing yourselves to get powers

!!
This was gooood. Violent, but good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Suicide, Blood, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Medical content

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Took a quarter off bc of the future dumb angsty conflict that

Victor killed Serena

with Sydney blah blah blah and the pacing which was too off for me at times but other than that this was legitimately fun and absorbing to read. I had a nice time reading really felt like watching a thriller/superhero movie that distacts from the troubles of every day life. It's amusing but grounded too. I enjoyed it a lot after the bumpy start. I'm still kinda lost about the world building tho like I'm not clear on the whole setting situation like the penitentiary and the university and everything is in Merit or where Lockland was maybe it WAS explained but I drifted off. I also didn't get how EO's were already part of this universe's psyche and how the legends about them came to be or whatever but maybe it's explained on the second book idk. But yeah this was cool. VE doesn't wow me with her writing, but she does a hell of a job designing a hard to break away from story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Self harm, and Torture

emily_reads09's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Police brutality, Confinement, and Ableism

villainsandpoets's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

V. E Schwab could email me her to-do list and I would read it AND rate it 5 stars anywhere possible AND suggest it to everyone.  Best author of our times for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Torture, Blood, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Religious bigotry