Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

55 reviews

widdlemun's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I loved seeing Victor and Eli's dynamic. It put an interesting spin on superheros/supervillians. It was fucked up and a little cheesy at times. I do not regret a single minute reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

imds's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

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

natalienance's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Body horror, Medical trauma, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Gore, Gun violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content and Mental illness

cviii's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Chronic illness, Body horror, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ryankaybee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I guess, hence the title, I was hoping to
root for a villain or morally gray character, but ended up feeling deceived. 
the real trick here is thinking the mc is the villain, when he's actually the hero, and having questionable morals sums up to lack of empathy. 

I don't even know what makes him a villain, is it his upbringing and the way the world seem to defy him? isn't being misunderstood by 'society' at the beginning is a part of the hero trope? 

I liked victor more when he was human, the only part of himself lost to becoming EO was the ability to keep my attention. He stopped observing, and we weren't immersed into his inner thinking anymore (besides from a casual "I want to make ever bleed" every now and then) 

another thing that was lacking for me was Ever and Victor's relationship. 
Victor was pinning over him only a little bit at the beginning, and even though we're told he later on became obsessed with wanting to kill him, I don't think it really came through. 
their friendship building lacked some feelings that were essential for rooting for them later on. 
Not enough heartache, and we didn't see Evers side all these years other than the over religious thing he had going on. Did he just forget about Victor? 

Speaking of that, the author just mentions once throughout the whole book that Ever has grown in an abusive household causing religious trauma, which only victor knows about , but it's never used later on. 
I can't even say it made their connection deeper, because they don't mention anything. 
The only explanation i could think of is that it's meant to be explored in the sequel, but i still find it lacking. 

At last, the end of the book, the grand finale. I expected to at least have some sort of a conversation between the two mc. 
Instead it's a shooting range and then we're done. 

However, I don't want to bash the book completely. 
I did enjoy the begining, read it fast, and felt that the characters had a lot of potential. It's a nice misfits come together and found family story, for those in search of similar tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Police brutality, Torture, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

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

kgorinshteyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Murder