Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

69 reviews

astrid_mel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Violence, Hate crime, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Death, Animal death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, and Addiction

psliz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

loved the plot. loved the different storylines. loved the grey morality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Self harm, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A fierce tale of anger, guilt and resentment. Victor and Eli are each other's nemesis, ever since a string of experiments at university led to death and other unpleasant consequences.

This novel, if you'll excuse the reference, is fast and furious. It grips you and throw you headfirst into the story, cutting the action into bite-size pieces and jumping back in time and the best moments to deliver that piece of information making the narrative all the more suspenseful. It really is a masterclass of plotting and I thoroughly enjoyed the lesson.

Very early on, I realised none of the main characters was likeable - they are very flawed and think they know best than everyone else - but somehow I still wanted to see what happens and although I took my time, I was hooked. Which was very different from the unlikeable characters I read last month, who made me want to throw the book out the window. I don't yet know how that works, although it's certain that Victor and Eli are absolute badasses and they don't wait for you to make up your mind. They run from and towards each other, while you can simply sit back and enjoy the ride.

Rep : it's not mentioned in this volume, but the author has stated on social media that Eli was bi, and Victor was asexual & biromantic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

sydney and dol CARRIED! mixed up victor and eli’s hair colors for the ENTIRE book and didn’t notice until the last few chapters. only one or two awkward transitions or unnecessary moments; nothing crazy or unusual.

eli’s self harm scene was very poor in taste and could’ve been written better. a let down on schwab’s part.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Child death, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

lily_marigold's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug use, Murder, Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Child death, and Alcohol

rosenau's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Body horror, Torture, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Torture, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

I really enjoyed the first half (part 1) of this book, and I think this is because I love the way Schwab describes things. Victor is a dark MC but you feel drawn to him. The second half was a bit long and the ending was pretty predictable. I am interested to see where this series continues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

Parental abandonment(or just shit parents). Animal death:

don’t stay dead

harmonique's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol