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Vicious

V.E. Schwab

4.24 AVERAGE

surrealdragons's review against another edition

2.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bhall18's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

coraelie's review against another edition

5.0

review dated 06/01/2019

still one of my favorite books. miss schwab did not disappoint with this one. (and victor vale has my heart <3)

dwelier's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love this book more everytime I read it, maybe just because of my nostalgia and my attachment to whatever the hell Victor and Eli have going on. Aside from that, Schwab's prose is lovely and so genuinely enjoyable to read. It's fun seeing how everything comes together (and what doesn't, for some characters) in the end - even on a reread. I love Sydney. This is my first time reading the extra story that was in my edition and I really enjoyed it! My favourite book forever. Now I will Finally read the sequel after 5 years.

rymoss's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A very competently written book, it just never gave me that thing that a great book has. It kept me wanting to know what happens but I wasn’t hungry for it. And it all felt a bit flat and predictable.

kendallreads's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fireweedtea's review against another edition

3.0

I sincerely don’t know what to rate this book. I enjoyed it but some parts really stretched my suspension of disbelief, and not even the powers stuff. Like reanimating people after they are buried and their eyes snap open. Wouldn’t they be all glued and stuffed by a mortician? And the 13 yo was rather precocious. They’d say or think or do something and I’d think “at 13 years old?!” I also didn’t really get why the sister bought in to Eli’s fanaticism. And how little she had played with her powers despite using them constantly and being tormented by that. She could have done some really wild shit with her power. However, I liked the morally grey character of Vincent and his associates, including the precocious child (with the eyes that needed to be described over and over again). I think I’d listen to the sequel if it came in as a library hold but I wouldn’t be in a huge rush for it.